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Girl getting a game before the end of August (7)

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I believe the answer is:

bridget

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'girl' is the definition.

'a game before the end of august' is the wordplay.
'a game' becomes 'bridge' (card game).
'before the end' means to remove the last letter (all letters before the one at the end).
'of august' becomes 'et' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'bridge' with its final letter taken off is 'bridg'.
'bridg'+'et'='BRIDGET'

'getting' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for bridget that I've seen before include "Girl" , "Miss Jones the diarist" , "Saint" , "Saintly woman" .)

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