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Party game enciphers wishes in a funny way (7,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chinese whispers

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'party game' is the definition.
'chinese whispers' can be an answer for 'game' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'party' bit.

'enciphers wishes in a funny way' is the wordplay.
'in a funny way' indicates an anagram (a funny or unusual order for the letters).
'enciphers'+'wishes'='encipherswishes'
'encipherswishes' with letters rearranged gives 'CHINESE WHISPERS'.

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(Other definitions for chinese whispers that I've seen before include "Game that distorts a message as it is passed around" , "rumours in Beijing" , "message being garbled" , "Game in which messages mutate" , "Oriental game?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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