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Score with ace in card game (6-3)

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I believe the answer is:

twenty-one

'card game' is the definition.
(twenty-one is a kind of card game)

'score with ace' is the wordplay.
'score' becomes 'twenty' ('twenty' can be a synonym of 'score'**).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'ace' becomes 'one' ('one' can be a synonym of 'ace').
'twenty'+'one'='TWENTY-ONE'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for twenty-one that I've seen before include "Target total in blackjack or pontoon" , "Card game, blackjack or pontoon" , "XXI - used to be the coming of age year" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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