Hire actors, unfortunately ignoring current group of players (9)

I believe the answer is:

orchestra

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'group of players' is the definition.
(group playing music)

I don't understand the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for orchestra that I've seen before include "Theatre area for musicians" , "Other cars (anag.)" , "Big band" , "LSO, for example" , "Large band of musicians" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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