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...s game (5)

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I believe the answer is:

fives

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

's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
's' could be 'es' (the letter S can be spelt es) and 'es' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for fives that I've seen before include "Small numbers" , "Game similar to squash" , "horse disease as before" , "Indoor court game" , "Squash relative" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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