Figure in Dickens novel shows game played on board (4,6)
I believe the answer is:
deck tennis
'game played on board' is the definition.
'deck tennis' can be an answer for 'game'. I am not sure about the 'played on board' bit.
'figure in dickens novel' is the wordplay.
'figure' becomes 'ten' (ten is a number or figure).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'novel' is an anagram indicator (letters in a new or novel order).
'dickens' is an anagram of 'decknis'.
'ten' inserted inside 'decknis' is 'DECK-TENNIS'.
'shows' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for deck tennis that I've seen is " game on board".)