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They work with horses, all beasts duke trained? (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stable lads

'they work with horses' is the definition.
(stable lads look after horses)

'all beasts duke trained?' is the wordplay.
'duke' becomes 'd' (abbreviation).
'trained?' indicates an anagram (to train can mean to grow something into a shape).
'all'+'beasts'+'d'='allbeastsd'
'allbeastsd' with letters rearranged gives 'STABLE LADS'.

(Another definition for stable lads that I've seen is " Boys in Baywatch, perhaps".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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