Winds up over match in the final stages (8)
I believe the answer is:
endgames
'the final stages' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'winds up over match' is the wordplay.
'winds up' becomes 'ends' (I've seen this in another clue).
'over' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'match' becomes 'game' (I've seen this before).
'ends' going around 'game' is 'ENDGAMES'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for endgames that I've seen before include "Final stages of a chess match" , "The final stages in chess matches" .)