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Very popular game at school and in the garden (3,3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

red-hot pokers

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'in the garden' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'very popular game at school' is the wordplay.
'very popular' becomes 'redhot' (I've seen this before).
'game' becomes 'poker' (poker is a kind of game**).
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'school' becomes 's'.
'redhot'+'poker'+'s'='RED-HOT POKERS'

'and' is the link.

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