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Suffering introduction to Tudor dance game (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paintball

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

'suffering introduction to tudor dance' is the wordplay.
'suffering' becomes 'pain' (suffering is pain).
'introduction to' suggests taking the first letters.
'dance' becomes 'ball' (ball is a kind of dance).
The initial letter of 'tudor' is 't'.
'pain'+'t'+'ball'='PAINTBALL'

(Other definitions for paintball that I've seen before include "war game" , "simulated combat" , "messy game" , "Missile used in war games" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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