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Spanish to get nothing right in game (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sport

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

'spanish to get nothing right' is the wordplay.
'spanish' becomes 'sp'.
'to get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (O resembles 0).
'right' becomes 'rt' (abbreviation as in Rt Hon- the Right Honourable).
'sp'+'o'+'rt'='SPORT'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sport that I've seen before include "form of exercise?" , "Show off" , "Abnormal" , "Exhibit publicly; eg soccer" , "Games" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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