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Fellow’s reported game he encountered in German city (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

karlsruhe

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

'fellow's reported game he' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'game' could be 'ru' (rugby union) and 'ru' is present in the answer.
'he' could be 'karl' and 'karl' is found in the answer.
'fellow' could be 'he' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'he' is present in the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'encountered in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for karlsruhe that I've seen before include "German city" , "here in Germany" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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