Notice absorbing card game gets curtailed (8)
I believe the answer is:
abridged
'curtailed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'notice absorbing card game' is the wordplay.
'notice' becomes 'ad'.
'absorbing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'card game' becomes 'bridge' (bridge is a kind of card game).
'ad' enclosing 'bridge' is 'ABRIDGED'.
'gets' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for abridged that I've seen before include "Shorter" , "Epitomised" , "Cut short - big adder (anag)" , "Abbreviated, contracted" , "Shortened as book may be" .)