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Dropping the lot after club's last game (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stoolball

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'game' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'dropping the lot after club's last' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'dropping' could be 'stool' (excrement) and 'stool' is present in the answer.
'club' could be 'ball' (synonyms) and 'ball' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for stoolball that I've seen is " Game".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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