Game for which Gilbert and Sullivan were responsible (8)

I believe the answer is:

patience

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'game' is the definition.
(I know that patience is a type of card game)

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(Other definitions for patience that I've seen before include "show" , "Work by G&S" , "Virtue - solitaire" , "Waiting without complaint" , "likely to be lost by the hot-tempered" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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