The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 5 letter word GIN RUMMY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result GIN RUMMY
- After a couple of drinks, well game!
- Game‘s tacky, restricting home runs
- Couple of shorts before my game
- Drinks to setter’s game
- Game to have a couple of drinks? That’s surprising
- Spirit doubly applied to my game
- Card game with two spirits? Goodness gracious!
- Game one’s put down after a couple of drinks
- After two drinks, this setter’s game!
- Couple of drinks taken before my game
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The straight part
We know that "Game" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case game = gin rummy.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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