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Son gutted about swine making a display at match (10)

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I believe the answer is:

scoreboard

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'a display at match' is the definition.
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'son gutted about swine' is the wordplay.
'son' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son).
'gutted' becomes 'cored' (both can mean to remove something's insides).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'swine' becomes 'boar' (male pig).
'cored' going around 'boar' is 'coreboard'.
's'+'coreboard'='SCOREBOARD'

'making' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for scoreboard that I've seen before include "It has information about the competition" , "Indicator of the state of play" , "It should feature up-to-date numbers" , "Where match results are displayed" , "On which points are tallied" .)

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