Making Money - crossword clue pg 346?

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Making Money - crossword clue pg 346?

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1nsnix
Edited: Sep 22, 2007, 12:14 pm

For those of you who have read Making Money already:

What is the answer to the crossword in the footnotes
on page 346?? I'm going crazy....

Pratchett is going to be in town on Wednesday,
luckily (Beaverton, OR/ Making Money Tour), and
I'd like to have him sign it...

Nine letters, "Shaken players shift the load"...

Any help would be very appreciated!

2VanishedOne
Sep 23, 2007, 9:28 am

It's page 308, actually. I'm afraid I'm not much good at cryptic clues, though.

3nsnix
Sep 23, 2007, 4:29 pm

Hmm...very definitely page #346 in the Harper published US hardback
edition :)

Are you looking at the UK version?

4librarypasta First Message
Sep 24, 2007, 4:37 am

Well, I've just finished it too and have no clue as to what the clue refers but I do know a little about cryptics. (TP is a massive crossword fan, hence or as a result of his awesome vocabulary) The definition in a cryptic is always either the first or last word(s) so in this case it might be "shaken" or "load". (Or "shift the load" possibly) However shaken usually denotes an anagram which would be of players. I'll ponder some more...

5jwsb2000 First Message
Sep 25, 2007, 3:40 am

The answer is "Carthorse".

The members of an orchestra play instruments. Shake around the letters of orchestra for the anagram cart horse. Cart horses shift loads.

6VanishedOne
Sep 25, 2007, 2:27 pm

The UK version, yes.

7nsnix
Sep 26, 2007, 12:23 am

Ahhh! Thank you very much, jwsb2000!! :)

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