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Heard about any tea dance after game (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

netball

'game' is the definition.
(netball is a sport)

'heard about any tea dance' is the wordplay.
'heard about' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'tea' becomes 't' (I've seen this in other clues).
'dance' becomes 'ball' (ball is a kind of dance).
'any' is a homophone of 'ne'.
'ne'+'t'+'ball'='NETBALL'

'after' is the link.

(Other definitions for netball that I've seen before include "Team sport" , "Team game, played mainly by women" , "Women's game" , "Sport whose players wear bibs" , "Team game for tall Ben" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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