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Paunch of some games players (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rumen

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'paunch' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'some games players' is the wordplay.
'some games' becomes 'ru' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'players' becomes 'men' (eg men referring to the players in a football team).
'ru'+'men'='RUMEN'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rumen that I've seen before include "This organ" , "bit of guts (beastly type)" , "Cow's first stomach" , "Place to digest" , "First stomach of a cow - run me (anag)" .)

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