Small boy and girl taken outside resort hotel for game (5-9)

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

'small boy and girl taken outside resort hotel' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'small' could be 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size) and 's' is found within the answer.
'boy' could be 'penny' and 'penny' is found in the answer.
'resort' could be 'hove' (seaside resort) and 'hove' is present in the answer.
'hotel' could be 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'h' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'alf' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?