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In place of wedding feast, a way to serve game (7)

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I believe the answer is:

canasta

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'serve game' is the definition.
'canasta' can be an answer for 'game' (canasta is a kind of game). I am not certain of the 'serve' bit.

'in place of wedding feast a way' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'place of wedding feast' becomes 'cana' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'way' becomes 'st' (abbreviation for street).
'a'+'st'='ast'
'cana' placed around 'ast' is 'CANASTA'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for canasta that I've seen before include "Can a staff cook stomach game?" , "Two-pack card game" , "Card game of the rummy family" , "Card-game, a form of rummy" , "Card game -- as an act (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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