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"Foul" – audible cry in game (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

baseball

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'game' is the definition.
(baseball game is a kind of game)

'foul audible cry' is the wordplay.
'foul' becomes 'base' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'audible' shows a homophone (sound like).
'cry' becomes 'bawl' (synonyms).
'bawl' is a homophone of 'ball'.
'base'+'ball'='BASEBALL'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for baseball that I've seen before include "Game played on a diamond" , "Lea blabs about the sport" , "Popular American sport" , "US/Canadian game" , "Mainly North American game" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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