Machiavellian anagram of an orchestra section (?)
(I left the number of letters in the word as unspecified so as to increase the level of difficulty.)
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$\begingroup$ It's a single word or multiple words? $\endgroup$– SidJan 7, 2017 at 19:51
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2$\begingroup$ @wildBillMunson You are correct Sir. Nicely done. $\endgroup$– user33336Jan 7, 2017 at 20:02
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$\begingroup$ I've downvoted for two reasons: the definition doesn't properly define the word (we're just supposed to discard "iavellian", then interpret it as an adjective?), and the anagram is indirect (and clued by "anagram"). $\endgroup$– Deusovi ♦Jan 8, 2017 at 0:37
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The solution is
SUPERSONIC
which is an anagram of
PERCUSSION
It is Machiavellian because
Supersonic speeds are measured with MACH numbers.
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$\begingroup$ Apologies for that. I don't quite get the def. part. $\endgroup$– SidJan 7, 2017 at 20:07
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3$\begingroup$ I don't know. That doesn't work for me. The gimmick here is that Machiavellian (which means scheming, plotting) can be abbreviated to just Mach and that in turn can mean having a Mach number greater than 1 or travelling faster than sound? That's a very sloppy and unsatisfying clue, in my opinion. $\endgroup$– M OehmJan 7, 2017 at 20:14
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$\begingroup$ @wildBillMunson Just curious: did you use a computer program to fiqure out the possible anagrams? $\endgroup$ Jan 7, 2017 at 20:45