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The divestment game? (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strip poker

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'the divestment game?' is the definition.
'strip poker' can be an answer for 'game?' (strip poker is a kind of game). I'm not certain of the 'the divestment' bit.

'divestment game?' is the wordplay.
'divestment' becomes 'strip' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'game?' becomes 'poker' (poker game is a kind of game).
'strip'+'poker'='STRIP-POKER'

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(Another definition for strip poker that I've seen is " Revealing game".)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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