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Combine fixing a game with Malta (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amalgamate

'combine' is the definition.
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'fixing a game with malta' is the wordplay.
'fixing' is an anagram indicator.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a'+'game'='agame'
'agame' after 'malta' is 'maltaagame'.
'maltaagame' with letters rearranged gives 'AMALGAMATE'.

(Other definitions for amalgamate that I've seen before include "Join" , "Combine into one" , "get together" , "Mix" , "Compound" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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