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Terrible practice throw lacking weight to find band's position (9,3)

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I believe the answer is:

orchestra pit

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'terrible practice throw lacking weight to' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'band's position' is the wordplay.
'band' becomes 'orchestra' (musical band).
'position' becomes 'pit' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'orchestra'+'pit'='ORCHESTRA PIT'

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(Other definitions for orchestra pit that I've seen before include "wind down in one" , "where band plays" , "Part of a theatre" , "Sunken area for theatre musicians" , "Place for theatre musicians" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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