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Hop on foot in game (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

baseball

'game' is the definition.
(baseball is a kind of game)

'hop on foot' is the wordplay.
'hop' becomes 'ball' (both can mean an event with dancing).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'foot' becomes 'base' ('base' can be a synonym of 'foot').
'ball' after 'base' is 'BASEBALL'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for baseball that I've seen before include "American team gave" , "US/Canadian game" , "Summer sport of US" , "SPORT/GAME" , "Game played in sable alb?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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