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Game girl, good at heart (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rugby

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'game' is the definition.
(rugby is a sport or game)

'girl good at heart' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'girl' could be 'g' and 'g' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ruby' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for rugby that I've seen before include "Game named after school" , "Team sport" , "Team game" , "Ball-game" , "Tom Brown's school" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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