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Game that gets the French going round a monument? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lacrosse

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

'the french going round a monument?' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'le'.
'going round' indicates putting letters inside.
'monument?' becomes 'cross'.
'a'+'cross'='across'
'le' going around 'across' is 'LACROSSE'.

'that gets' is the link.

(Other definitions for lacrosse that I've seen before include "Game played with a netted stick" , "Game played with nets on sticks" , "Game played with netted sticks" , "Score's uncertain after the Spanish" , "Sport played with sticks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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