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End another board game, perhaps, after onset of Chinese burn (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cremate

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'burn' is the definition.
(cremating is a kind of burning)

'end another board game perhaps after onset of chinese' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'another' could be 're' (I've seen this in other clues) and 're' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for cremate that I've seen before include "Have a burn-up" , "Burn a body to ashes" , "Burn a corpse to ashes" , "Destroy body by burning" , "Burn (a dead body)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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