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Servant left abandoned by someone playing game (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gofer

'servant' is the definition.

'left abandoned by someone playing game' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'game' could be 'go' (go game is a kind of game) and 'go' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Other definitions for gofer that I've seen before include "Assistant who runs errands (slang)" , "Forge (anag.)" , "Errand boy" , "Menial assistant" , "One running errands" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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