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Game in south Sussex town, semi with Lancaster? (5-9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shove-halfpenny

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

'south sussex town semi with lancaster?' is the wordplay.
'south sussex town' becomes 'shove' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'semi' becomes 'half' ('semi' means 'half').
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'lancaster?' becomes 'penny' (I've seen this before).
'shove'+'half'+'penny'='SHOVE-HALFPENNY'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for shove-halfpenny that I've seen is " Pub game".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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