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Game to put money on bacon? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

backgammon

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

'put money on bacon?' is the wordplay.
'put' becomes 'kgam' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'money' becomes 'm' (abbreviation used in economics).
'on' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'kgam'+'m'='kgamm'
'kgamm' placed within 'bacon' is 'BACKGAMMON'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for backgammon that I've seen before include "Game with 24 points" , "Board game for two players" , "Board game played with dice" , "sedentary activity" , "Dice and counter game" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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