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Wicket lost in fine game (1-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

i-spy

'game' is the definition.
(I Spy is a guessing game)

'wicket lost in fine' is the wordplay.
'wicket' becomes 'w'.
'lost in' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'fine' becomes 'wispy' (I've seen this before).
'wispy' with 'w' removed is 'I-SPY'.

(Other definitions for i-spy that I've seen before include "Game played with young children" , "Children's observational game" , "Wordgame" , ". ... with my little eye (children's game)" , "Children's alphabet game" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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