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Occasionally using Dan, they never won, surprisingly (15)

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I believe the answer is:

everynowandthen

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'occasionally' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'dan they never won surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' indicates anagramming the letters (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'dan'+'they'+'never'+'won'='dantheyneverwon'
'dantheyneverwon' anagrammed gives 'EVERYNOWANDTHEN'.

'using' is the link.

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