Ruse by Liberal Party that's raised game (9)

I believe the answer is:

dodgeball

'game' is the definition.
(ball game)

'ruse by liberal party that's raised' is the wordplay.
'ruse' becomes 'dodge' (I've seen this before).
'by liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'by' bit.).
'party' becomes 'lab' (abbreviation for Labour).
'that's raised' says the letters should be written backwards (going up in a down clue).
'l'+'lab'='llab'
'llab' back-to-front is 'ball'.
'dodge'+'ball'='DODGEBALL'

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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