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Girl in game ultimately lost (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bridget

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'girl' is the definition.

'game ultimately lost' is the wordplay.
'game' becomes 'bridge' (bridge is a kind of game).
'ultimately lost' becomes 't' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bridge'+'t'='BRIDGET'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for bridget that I've seen before include "Saint" , "Girl" , "Miss Jones the diarist" , "Saintly woman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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