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Cheat with drug, receiving sack in game (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cribbage

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'game' is the definition.
(cribbage is a kind of game)

'cheat with drug receiving sack' is the wordplay.
'cheat with' becomes 'crib' (cribbing is a kind of cheating. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.**).
'drug' becomes 'e' (e is another name for ecstasy).
'receiving' is an insertion indicator.
'sack' becomes 'bag' (I've seen this before).
'crib'+'e'='cribe'
'cribe' placed around 'bag' is 'CRIBBAGE'.

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for cribbage that I've seen before include "Card-game" , "Card game scored with pegs" , "Card game with a winning score of 121" , "Card game for two to four players" , "SPORT/GAME" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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