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Second rate shot blunted at first in each and every game (5,10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beach volleyball

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'game' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'second rate shot blunted at first in each and every' is the wordplay.
'second rate' becomes 'b'.
'shot' becomes 'volley' (I've seen this before).
'blunted at first' becomes 'eachb' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'each and every' becomes 'all' (I've seen this before).
'volley' going within 'eachb' is 'eachvolleyb'.
'b'+'eachvolleyb'+'all'='BEACH VOLLEYBALL'

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(Another definition for beach volleyball that I've seen is " game".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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