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Game, I sense, is draining for the finances (7)

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I believe the answer is:

ruinous

'draining for the finances' is the definition.
(leading to financial ruin)

'game i sense' is the wordplay.
'game' becomes 'RU' (rugby union).
'sense' becomes 'nous' (nous is a kind of sense).
'ru'+'i'+'nous'='RUINOUS'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for ruinous that I've seen before include "Tumbledown - expensive" , "Calamitous, crippling" , "far too expensive" , "Catastrophic" , "Broken down" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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