Wins playground game, we hear (8)

I believe the answer is:

conquers

'wins' is the definition.
(to conquer is to win or take control of)

'playground game we hear' is the wordplay.
'playground game' becomes 'conkers' (game played with nuts from horse chestnut trees).
'we hear' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'conkers' sounds like 'CONQUERS'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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