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Jolly entertaining drama, overwhelming in arena? (10)

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I believe the answer is:

outplaying

'overwhelming in arena?' is the definition.
(beating at a sport)

'jolly entertaining drama' is the wordplay.
'jolly' becomes 'outing' (both can mean a trip).
'entertaining' is an insertion indicator.
'drama' becomes 'play' (synonyms).
'outing' placed around 'play' is 'OUTPLAYING'.

(Another definition for outplaying that I've seen is " Performing better than".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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