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Power to secure the darts matches in successive locations (5)

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I believe the answer is:

teeth

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'power' is the definition.
('teeth' can metaphorically refer to effectiveness)

'the darts matches in successive locations' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'the' is 'eth' which is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'te' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to secure' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for teeth that I've seen before include "enforcement mechanisms" , "Real effectiveness" , "Food may get stuck in them" , "Incisors, say" , "One may be armed to them" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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