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It’s silly to exclude me from the game again! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gaga

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'it's silly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'me from the game again' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'again' becomes 'ga' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'game' with 'me' taken away is 'ga'.
'ga'+'ga'='GAGA'

'to exclude' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for gaga that I've seen before include "In senile dotage" , "Slang for crazy - apply a gag" , "fatuous?" , "dotty" , "Barmy joke, third in cracker" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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