Where players found the car trip so awful (9,3)
I believe the answer is:
orchestra pit
'where players' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'the car trip so awful' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates an anagram.
'the'+'car'+'trip'+'so'='thecartripso'
'thecartripso' is an anagram of 'ORCHESTRA PIT'.
'found' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for orchestra pit that I've seen before include "wind down in one" , "Part of a theatre" , "Sunken area for theatre musicians" , "Area in front of stage" , "space for musicians" .)