Really short card game ending in walkover for native of New England (9)

I believe the answer is:

vermonter

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'native of new england' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'really short card game ending in walkover' is the wordplay.
'really short' becomes 'ver' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'card game' becomes 'monte' (monte is a kind of card game).
'ending in' says to take the final letters.
The last letter of 'walkover' is 'r'.
'ver'+'monte'+'r'='VERMONTER'

'for' is the link.

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I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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