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Before dance catch game (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

'game' is the definition.
(netball is a sport)

'before dance catch' is the wordplay.
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'dance' becomes 'ball' (ball is a kind of dance).
'catch' becomes 'net' (net can mean to catch).
'ball' put after 'net' is 'NETBALL'.

(Other definitions for netball that I've seen before include "Game for women or girls" , "Sport whose players wear bibs" , "Team game, played mainly by women" , "Team sport" , "After this, you get to serve again" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Sun.
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