Her tactics fooled prime movers (10)

I believe the answer is:

architects

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'prime movers' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'her tactics fooled' is the wordplay.
'fooled' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'fools' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'her'+'tactics'='hertactics'
'hertactics' with letters rearranged gives 'ARCHITECTS'.

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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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