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Good knight with lot lost, hit on the field (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glance

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'hit on the field' is the definition.
(eg a glancing blow on a battlefield)

'good knight with lot lost' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'good' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is found within the answer.
'knight' could be 'n' (chess abbreviation) and 'n' is located in the answer.
'lot' could be 'c' and 'c' is present in the answer.
'lost' could be 'l' (abbreviation in sporting league tables) and 'l' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ae' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for glance that I've seen before include "Skim" , "Glimpse" , "batsman's shot" , "Stroke - gander" , "deflection" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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