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Wrath perhaps after tax put up in sport (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tennis

'sport' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'wrath perhaps after tax put up' is the wordplay.
'wrath perhaps' becomes 'sin' (wrath is a kind of sin).
'after tax' becomes 'net' (I've seen this before).
'put up' is a reversal indicator.
'sin'+'net'='sinnet'
'sinnet' reversed gives 'TENNIS'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tennis that I've seen before include "Pete Sampras's game" , "Wimbledon game" , "Real or lawn game" , "Sent in, oddly, to play a sport" , "Racket-and-ball game" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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