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Not great scrambling to meet objectives (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ontarget

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'meet objectives' is the definition.
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'not great scrambling' is the wordplay.
'scrambling' is an anagram indicator.
'not'+'great'='notgreat'
'notgreat' with letters rearranged gives 'ONTARGET'.

'to' is the link.

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