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Lean right during game when obscured by European (6)

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I believe the answer is:

meagre

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'lean right' is the definition.
'meagre' can be an answer for 'lean' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'right' bit.

'during game when obscured by european' is the wordplay.
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'when' becomes 'e' (I've seen this in other clues).
'obscured' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'obscure' mean this).
'by european' becomes 'r' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'game'+'e'='gamee'
'gamee' with letters rearranged gives 'meage'.
'meage' placed around 'r' is 'MEAGRE'.

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(Other definitions for meagre that I've seen before include "Slight" , "Sparse" , "Polite form of address" , "Insufficient; scanty" , "Scarce - scanty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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