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Gull intrepid in pursuit of piece of cake (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

easy game

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'gull' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'intrepid in pursuit of piece of cake' is the wordplay.
'intrepid' becomes 'game' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in pursuit of' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (some letters chase after others).
'piece of cake' becomes 'easy' (I've seen this in another clue).
'game' after 'easy' is 'EASY GAME'.

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(Other definitions for easy game that I've seen before include "not difficult to play?" , "Something simple to hit or destroy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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