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Oscar engaged in level game (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

quoits

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'game' is the definition.
(quoits is a kind of game)

'oscar engaged in level' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'oscar' could be 'o' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'o' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'quits' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for quoits that I've seen before include "Game with rings, played on deck perhaps" , "Rings-over-post game" , "Game with rings, played on board ship, perhaps" , "Game using rubber rings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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