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Engineers getting something made for play (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

recreation

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

'engineers getting something' is the wordplay.
'engineers' becomes 're' (abbreviation for Royal Engineers).
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'something' becomes 'creation' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
're'+'creation'='RECREATION'

'made' is the link.

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(Other definitions for recreation that I've seen before include "pleasurable leisure activity" , "free time" , "fun" , "Sort of ground" , "Play" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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