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Preserve ground for game (8)

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I believe the answer is:

canfield

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'game' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'preserve ground' is the wordplay.
'preserve' becomes 'can' (canning is a kind of preserving).
'ground' becomes 'field' (field is a kind of ground).
'can'+'field'='CANFIELD'

'for' is the link.

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