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Is a good man able to get a game? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

canasta

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'a game?' is the definition.
(canasta is a kind of game)

'is a good man able' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
'good man' could be 'st' (abbreviation for saint) and 'st' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to get' is the link.

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(Other definitions for canasta that I've seen before include "Game played with two packs of cards and jokers" , "Form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers" , "Card game of the rummy family" , "Card game at a scan" , "Card game like rummy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail, The Telegraph and The Guardian.
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