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Stolen game cooked - a bit knotty! (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tanglesome

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'a bit knotty' is the definition.
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'stolen game cooked' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'stolen'+'game'='stolengame'
'stolengame' is an anagram of 'TANGLESOME'.

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