Crossword Genius

More dice being cast? It's no great shakes! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mediocre

'no great shakes' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'more dice being cast?' is the wordplay.
'being cast?' indicates an anagram (letters are dispersed or cast around).
'more'+'dice'='moredice'
'moredice' with letters rearranged gives 'MEDIOCRE'.

'it's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for mediocre that I've seen before include "Ordinary" , "Come ride (anag.)" , "Not very good" , "Fairly bad" , "Of middling quality" .)

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