Is a Tudor playing checkers? (8)
I believe the answer is:
auditors
'checkers?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'is a tudor playing' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates an anagram.
'is'+'a'+'tudor'='isatudor'
'isatudor' with letters rearranged gives 'AUDITORS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for auditors that I've seen before include "checkers - with 12a" , "They check the accounts annually" .)