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Managed game in large part and cattle farms (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ranches

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'cattle farms' is the definition.
('ranch' can be a synonym of 'cattle farm')

'managed game in large part' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (I've seen this before).
'game in large part' becomes 'ches' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ran'+'ches'='RANCHES'

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ranches that I've seen before include "Farmsteads (USA)" , "Large US farms" , "18 down Large cattle farms" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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