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Expose wrongdoing and put a stop to a game? (4,3,7)

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I believe the answer is:

blow the whistle

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'expose wrongdoing' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'put a stop to a game?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'game?' could be 'whist' (whist is a card game) and 'whist' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for blow the whistle that I've seen before include "as a referee will" , "Expose a wrongdoing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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