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Billiards shot rebounded on one fellow repeatedly (2-3)

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I believe the answer is:

in-off

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'billiards shot' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rebounded on one fellow repeatedly' is the wordplay.
'rebounded' becomes 'no' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'fellow' becomes 'F' (abbreviation - of a society etc.).
'repeatedly' indicates the doubling of some letters.
'f' doubled is 'ff'.
'no' after 'i' is 'ino'.
'ino'+'ff'='IN-OFF'

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(Other definitions for in-off that I've seen before include "Billiards/snooker shot" , "Pocketing of a snooker ball via a deflection" , "Shot that's good at billiards and foul at snooker" , "Losing hazard at billiards" , "Error in game" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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