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"The game is ___" (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

afoot

(Other definitions for afoot that I've seen before include "Stirring" , "Progressing, in operation - like Sherlock Holmes's game" , "Brewing" , "Astir" , "Under way (like hunted game?)" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.
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