Tackle with great speed finishes off uneven game for City (9)

I believe the answer is:

machinery

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'tackle' is the definition.
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'great speed finishes off uneven game for city' is the wordplay.
'great speed' becomes 'machi' (Mach 1. I am not sure about the 'great' bit.).
'finishes off' says to take the final letters (take the finishing letters off of the words).
The last letters of 'uneven game for city' are 'nery'.
'machi'+'nery'='MACHINERY'

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for machinery that I've seen before include "Works" , "Working parts" , "Industrial equipment" , "agency" , "Plant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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