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Knowledge, love, for numbers game (4)

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I believe the answer is:

keno

'numbers game' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'knowledge love' is the wordplay.
'knowledge' becomes 'ken' (ken is a kind of knowledge).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'ken'+'o'='KENO'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for keno that I've seen before include "gambling game" , "game of chance" , "gambler's choice" , "A bingo-like game" , "2 8 [CASINO GAME]" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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