Nottinghamshire were made to work but were ultimately rewarded with scalps on the third day of the LV= Insurance County Championship fixture against Middlesex at Trent Bridge.
Having posted 551/8d yesterday, the Green and Golds' remained resilient to bowl the visitors out 175 short of that total, with the hosts then enforcing the follow on.
Mark Stoneman and Sam Robson resisted the late charge from Notts, however, to conclude on 63 without loss, 112 behind.
James Pattinson had taken four wickets and Dane Paterson three in the Seaxes’ first innings in spite of resistance from Max Holden and John Simpson - who each fell just short of centuries - and Luke Hollman who reached 52.
Liam Patterson-White went wicketless on the day, meanwhile, but bowled economically throughout to finish with first innings figures of 1-101 from 40 overs.
Having trapped nightwatchman Tom Helm lbw in the second over of the day to reduce the visitors to 106/5, the Green and Golds’ chances of establishing a sizeable first innings lead looked strong, but they were met by a gutsy rearguard from Holden and Simpson.
The pair proved patient, and survived a particularly hostile spell of bowling before lunch from Pattinson, with Holden fending off a bodyline strategy.
Having shared a 100-run partnership, the pair pressed on towards centuries of their own, but Nottinghamshire’s breakthrough arrived courtesy of an unlikely source.
Part-time off-spinner Ben Slater found bounce from the pitch and wrapped Holden on the glove to be caught by Mullaney at slip, with the right-hander dismissed for 86 off 221 balls.
22 overs later, after a 73-run stand for the seventh wicket, Simpson fell eight short of his ton.
Pattinson - unrelenting in his aggression - found the edge of the wicketkeeper-batter through to Joe Clarke, who pouched the catch with Middlesex still trailing by 230.
With runs ticking up, and time running out, Paterson was vindicated for a hard-working spell when Luke Hollman fell into the short ball trap and pulled to Lyndon James, and he found reverse swing to trap Toby Roland-Jones in front six overs later.
And Andersson was the last to fall as the visitors attempted to reach the follow-on target.
Pattinson’s short-ball barrage saw the all-rounder top edge high to Steven Mullaney at mid wicket, before Stoneman and Robson returned to nullify a late charge in the evening sun.