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Figure in Dickens novel shows game played on board (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deck tennis

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'game played on board' is the definition.
'deck tennis' can be an answer for 'game'. I am unsure of the 'played on board' bit.

'figure in dickens novel' is the wordplay.
'figure' becomes 'ten' (ten is a number).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'novel' indicates an anagram (letters in a new or novel order).
'dickens' anagrammed gives 'decknis'.
'ten' put into 'decknis' is 'DECK-TENNIS'.

'shows' is the link.

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(Another definition for deck tennis that I've seen is " game on board".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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