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A?????s....with his flexible sea legs, the ancient Mariner looked as fresh as the wedding guest !

??o?????c.... in a tie, score is divided up according to some very recondite and abstruse rules

Have you given the right number of ?s in the second? It looks like ESOTERIC (anagram tie score)

It's better to give the number of letters anyway, as it's difficult to count the ?s!

9 letters .... I thought of esoteric

esoterica then?

Enda with a C

Ageless (sea legs anagram)

Refers to the Peom 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Here is the Link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner

It must be Esoterica (Unless the Compiler has made a mistake)

in A TIE, SCORE is divided (Divided indicating the Anagram)