Pencil-and-paper game (4)
I believe the answer is:
dots
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">pencil-and-paper game</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for dots that I've seen before include "Tiny circles" , "Short signals in Morse cods" , "Shorter signals in the Morse code" , "Small marks" , "Very small round shapes" .)