Trojans make $1000s to retain former court star (8)
I believe the answer is:
grafters
'retain former court star' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'trojans make $1000s' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'$1000s' could be 's' and 's' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'grafter' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for grafters that I've seen before include "They work hard" , "Hard workers" .)