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Tea provided after game time? Could be a trick (6)

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I believe the answer is:

gotcha

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'be a trick' is the definition.
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'tea provided after game time?' is the wordplay.
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'provided after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'game' becomes 'go' (go is a board game).
'time?' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'go'+'t'='got'
'cha' after 'got' is 'GOTCHA'.

'could' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for gotcha that I've seen before include "I have found you" , "I've trapped you!" , "You've been caught" , "cry of apprehension" , "claim to have made conquest?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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