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Encircling hooded man during tournament (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

round robin

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'tournament' is the definition.
(round robin is a kind of tournament)

'encircling hooded man during' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'encircling' could be 'round' (I've seen this before) and 'round' is found within the answer.
'man' could be 'robin' and 'robin' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for round robin that I've seen before include "to make protest" , "Where mourning birds gathered" , "Circular letter, petition" , "Multi-signature letter" , "part of Christmas for some" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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