People take part in it on the side (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
team game
'people take part' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'it on the side' is the wordplay.
'it' becomes 'game' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the side' becomes 'team' (a side is a sporting team).
'game' put after 'team' is 'TEAM GAME'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
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