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Numbers game (5)

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4

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7
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'numbers' is the definition.
(five is a kind of number)

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(Other definitions for fives that I've seen before include "Ball game" , "Small numbers" , "Game similar to squash" , "Squash relative" , "horse disease as before" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, The Guardian, the Penny Press, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Express, The Times and The Wall Street Journal.
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