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Double game by Shiva's consort starts to kill enemies (4-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

look-alike

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

'game by shiva's consort starts to kill enemies' is the wordplay.
'game' becomes 'loo' (historical card game).
'by shiva's consort' becomes 'kali' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'starts to' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letters of 'kill enemies' is 'ke'.
'loo'+'kali'+'ke'='LOOK-ALIKE'

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(Other definitions for look-alike that I've seen before include "Someone with similar appearance" , "One who closely resembles another" , "Person closely resembling another, double" , "Person/thing closely resembling another" , "Living image, double" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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