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Hurt in game and is put into bed (7)

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I believe the answer is:

bruised

'hurt' is the definition.
('bruised' can be a synonym of 'hurt')

'game and is put into bed' is the wordplay.
'game' becomes 'ru' (rugby union).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'put into' indicates putting letters inside.
'ru'+'is'='ruis'
'ruis' put within 'bed' is 'BRUISED'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bruised that I've seen before include "Injured on skin" , "Contused" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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