Butchered ten Incas, Greeks and Romans? (8)
I believe the answer is:
ancients
'greeks and romans?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'butchered ten incas' is the wordplay.
'butchered' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'butcher' mean this).
'ten'+'incas'='tenincas'
'tenincas' anagrammed gives 'ANCIENTS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for ancients that I've seen is " Pistol and Iago".)
I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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