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Daring to include this setter really is playful (8)

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I believe the answer is:

gamesome

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'playful' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'daring to include this setter really' is the wordplay.
'daring' becomes 'game' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to include' indicates putting letters inside.
'this setter' becomes 'me' (person setting the crossword).
'really' becomes 'so' (both can mean 'extremely').
'me'+'so'='meso'
'game' placed around 'meso' is 'GAMESOME'.

'is' is the link.

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(Another definition for gamesome that I've seen is " Sportive".)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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