Theatre Board acquires grand musical talent with big raps? (9,5)
I believe the answer is:
operating table
'theatre' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'board acquires grand musical talent with big raps?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'board' could be 'table' (synonyms) and 'table' is found within the answer.
'grand' could be 'g' (synonyms) and 'g' is found within the answer.
'musical' could be 'opera' (I've seen this before) and 'opera' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'tin' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for operating table that I've seen before include "where one's out for incisive remedial action" , "Hospital theatre equipment" .)