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Sell off the Humber crossing? Just a game (7,6)

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I believe the answer is:

auction bridge

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'game' is the definition.
(auction bridge is a kind of game)

'sell off' is the wordplay.
'sell' becomes 'auction' (auctioning is a kind of selling).
'off' becomes 'bridge' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'auction'+'bridge'='AUCTION BRIDGE'

'the humber crossing? just a' is the link.
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(Other definitions for auction bridge that I've seen before include "Four - handed card game" , "Card game now superseded by contract" , "Game superseded by 1 down" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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