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Nice sport played by examiner (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inspector

'examiner' is the definition.
(I know that inspector is a examiner)

'nice sport played' is the wordplay.
'played' indicates an anagram.
'nice'+'sport'='nicesport'
'nicesport' anagrammed gives 'INSPECTOR'.

'by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for inspector that I've seen before include "reviewer" , "one to check" , "leading rank" , "auditor" , "Morse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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