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Game — hit, we hear, Queen follows (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

soccer

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

'hit we hear queen follows' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'queen' could be 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina) and 'er' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Other definitions for soccer that I've seen before include "Football for Americans?" , "popular game" , "American football?" , "Informally, game" , "Association football" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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