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Shed is hosting family game (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spillikins

'game' is the definition.
(spillikins is a kind of game)

'shed is hosting family' is the wordplay.
'shed' becomes 'spill' (I've seen this before**).
'hosting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'family' becomes 'kin' ('kin' can be a synonym of 'family').
'is' enclosing 'kin' is 'ikins'.
'spill'+'ikins'='SPILLIKINS'

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

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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