Related Clues:

• "The game is ___" (Sherlock Holmes)
• "The game is ___"
• Under way, to Sherlock
• Not yet concluded
• Under way (like hunted game?)
• Continuing to operate just after departing
• Still in progress
• Brewing in a sort of bath
• Continually moving forward when leaving
• Going on a base
• Going on using a metrical unit
• A small piece of poetry in preparation
• Concerning condition, of course, still in operation
• Going on with a bit of poetry
• Head on arm, bottom in the air