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Turn left, following game (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

golf

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'game' is the definition.
(golf is a game)

'turn left following' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'turn' could be 'go' (a person's move in a board game) and 'go' is found within the answer.
'left' could be 'l' (common abbreviation) and 'l' is found in the answer.
'following' could be 'f' (used when citing page numbers etc) and 'f' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for golf that I've seen before include "Game played at Troon" , "Tee-to-hole sport" , "Sport; VW car" , "Something played" , "Comms code for G" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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