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Any Pratchett fans?

ddon | 11:06 Tue 20th Nov 2007 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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In his latest book Terry Pratchett gives the following crossword clue:
Shaken players shift the load (9)
Lord Vetinari sneered at it, but I've pondered all weekend.

French quiz.

rocky horrors

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squarebear

It's "carthorse". Players are an "orchestra". Shake the letters around to get "carthorse".

A carthorse shifts loads.

DJerba

Carthorse.

ddon

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Thanks very much

dr john

Lord Vetinari's right: it wouldn't be acceptable outside the Discworld, as it requires two steps to reach the anagram (ie is a 'clue within a clue'). Also the definition implies a different part of speech from the answer.

Esashar

The answer is carthorse (it shifts the load) which is an anagram (shaken) of orchestra (players). A clue such as this would not be accepted under Ximenean crossword rules as the word being re-arranged is not itself in the clue.

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