A pass intercepted by the French in game (8)
I believe the answer is:
lacrosse
'in game' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a pass intercepted by the french' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
'pass' could be 'cross' (crossing is a kind of passing) and 'cross' is located in the answer.
'the french' could be 'le' ('the' in French) and 'le' is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lacrosse that I've seen before include "Ball game using netted stick" , "Game played with netted sticks" , "Like thirteen of the other clues in the French" , "Game played with a netted stick" , "Game played with nets on sticks" .)