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Wild roar getting to grips with casket produced by one with a job down in pit? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

orchestra

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'pit?' is the definition.
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'wild roar getting to grips with casket' is the wordplay.
'wild' indicates an anagram.
'getting to grips with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'casket' becomes 'chest'.
'roar' anagrammed gives 'orra'.
'orra' placed around 'chest' is 'ORCHESTRA'.

'produced by one with a job down in' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for orchestra that I've seen before include "Carthorse (anag)" , "A number of musicians" , "those who provide the music" , "alternative to the organ" , "players in pit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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