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Game of golf needing fortieth round (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rugby

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

'golf needing fortieth round' is the wordplay.
'golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'needing fortieth' becomes 'ruby' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'g' inserted inside 'ruby' is 'RUGBY'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rugby that I've seen before include "Tom Brown's school" , "Famous public school" , "Game; town" , "Team sport" , "Public school - sport" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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