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Golf games easily giving surge of emotion (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

groundswell

'surge of emotion' is the definition.
(groundswell can mean public feeling)

'golf games easily' is the wordplay.
'golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'games' becomes 'rounds' (round is a kind of game).
'easily' becomes 'well' (eg in a phrase like 'perfectly well').
'g'+'rounds'+'well'='GROUNDSWELL'

'giving' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for groundswell that I've seen before include "rise in general feeling" , "gathering movement" , "that might make waves" , "Shift in public opinion" , "pressure of public opinion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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