Telegraph Prize Crossword 27,259

[Tusitala]

Hi,
I think the answer to 8 down is WARHORSE (an anagram of "show rare") but my dictionary won't tell me if that's a "song often performed". Am I right or barking up the wrong tree?

Can anyone enlighten me please?

[boxtops]

Is that the full clue "song often performed"? (don't forget that most of us don't have the DT!

[Baldric]

Here, borrow my Dictionary

http://www.chambers.co.uk/search.php?query=WARHORSE&title=21st

[aelmpvw]

warhorse is the name of a variety show/musical

[boxtops]

I've never heard the expression used in that context, balders.

[grasscarp]

we have now Boxtops!

[Baldric]

Be honest, neither had I,
just thought it was worth a look!

[dannyk13]

Warhorse = a musical or drama that has been performed so often it has become widely familiar (Free on line dictionary)

[Tusitala]

Thanks everyone, WARHORSE it is! Baldric, I'll make sure I use the Chambers dictionary from now on as my Oxford dictionary was useless.