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Play for time, no map being wrong (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pantomime

'play' is the definition.
(pantomiming is a kind of playing)

'time no map being wrong' is the wordplay.
'being wrong' indicates an anagram.
'time'+'no'+'map'='timenomap'
'timenomap' anagrammed gives 'PANTOMIME'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pantomime that I've seen before include "Farcical situation" , "'He's behind you' entertainment" , "Christmas theatre, usually with Dame" , "Festive stage show" , "eg 'Mother Goose'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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