The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 3 letter word LUCKY DIP
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result LUCKY DIP
- Duly pick off game
- Matter of chance to see girl swim round close to creek
- Successful pickpocket, one often seen at village fete
- Duly pick playfully in this activity?
- Serendipitous, its centre draw
- Brave going topless with swim being a chancy affair
- Drawing charmed one employed by Fagin?
- Duly pick out fair game?
- Duly pick at random in a game of chance
- Fearless detective’s lead at the end is fair game
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The straight part
We know that "fair game" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fair game = lucky dip.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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