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Winning, making bad move and lose (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lovesome

'winning' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'bad move and lose' is the wordplay.
'bad' is an anagram indicator.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'move' after 'lose' is 'losemove'.
'losemove' with letters rearranged gives 'LOVESOME'.

'making' is the link.

(Another definition for lovesome that I've seen is " "A garden is a ____ thing"".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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