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Sport and dance curtailed when leg gets crushed (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

ball game

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'curtailed when leg gets crushed' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'sport and dance' is the wordplay.
'sport' becomes 'game' (I've seen this before).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'dance' becomes 'ball' (ball is a kind of dance).
'game' after 'ball' is 'BALL GAME'.

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(Other definitions for ball game that I've seen before include "Eg, tennis or rugby" , "soccer, for example" , "Eg, rugby, lacrosse" , "squash, perhaps?" , "A sport such as soccer, rugby, cricket, hockey etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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