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Welcoming a kind of match teams play (8)

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friendly

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(Other definitions for friendly that I've seen before include "Sociable" , "such a society" , "Well-disposed" , "prepared to talk to fellow passengers?" , "One is obviously on good terms with" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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