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Does he play for scratch teams (6)

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I believe the answer is:

scorer

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'does he play' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'scratch teams' is the wordplay.
'scratch' becomes 'score' (score is a kind of scratch).
'teams' becomes 'r' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'score'+'r'='SCORER'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for scorer that I've seen before include "One gaining points" , "player achieving a touchdown?" , "Footballer having netted" , "Film music arranger" , "Keeper of the tally" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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