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[davey b]

Acts when ordered for the most part an instrument C?T?-P?W

[Ouzel]

Cats paw

[soliloquy]

CAT'S PAW

[davey b]

Thanks, can you parse the answer please?

[davey b]

Can anyone explain the answer?

[boxtops]

Torture instrument, not musical instrument http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Tickler

[davey b]

Thanks, but that doesn't explain the answer?

[sedge47]

I think it must be an &Lit. CATS (anag of Acts) + PAW(n) (most of instrument or tool) with the definition being the whole thing, i.e. someone who is the instrument of another person.

[davey b]

Thanks sedge, much appreciated.