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Trojans make $1000s to retain former court star (8)

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I believe the answer is:

grafters

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'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.

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(Other definitions for grafters that I've seen before include "They work hard" , "Hard workers" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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