The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CRIBBAGE
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More clues leading to the result CRIBBAGE
- Steal and secure point for card game
- Ugly old woman in bed beginning to eat game
- Break ribcage tackling last lob in game
- Game to tease boy in lock-up
- Writer not beginning to describe capture in game
- Cheat to win at end of simple card game
- Copy book for period in game
- Game in enclosure disrupted by band? Not on
- Game reserve captured by writer, opening out
- Sack England’s opener after home game
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The straight part
We know that "card game" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case card game = cribbage.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CRIBBAGE mean?
CRIBBAGE noun- A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous small increments is characteristic.
- A variety of pocket billiards that, like the card game, awards points for pairs that total 15. A player who pockets a ball of a particular number must then immediately pocket the companion ball that brings the number to 15.
- A point scored in this variety of pocket billiards.