Clues for the word "PLAY"
We've had 235 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 408 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on September 14, 2026.
Definition of play
- n. - To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.
- n. - To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.
- n. - To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes.
- n. - To perform on an instrument of music; as, to play on a flute.
- n. - To act; to behave; to practice deception.
- n. - To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate; to act; as, the fountain plays.
- n. - To move gayly; to wanton; to disport.
- n. - To act on the stage; to personate a character.
- v. t. - To put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump.
- v. t. - To perform music upon; as, to play the flute or the organ.
- v. t. - To perform, as a piece of music, on an instrument; as, to play a waltz on the violin.
- v. t. - To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute; as, to play tricks.
- v. t. - To act or perform (a play); to represent in music action; as, to play a comedy; also, to act in the character of; to represent by acting; to simulate; to behave like; as, to play King Lear; to play the woman.
- v. t. - To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball.
- v. t. - To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
- n. - Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.
- n. - Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game.
- n. - The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement, or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as, to lose a fortune in play.
- n. - Action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair play; sword play; a play of wit.
- n. - A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition in which characters are represented by dialogue and action.
- n. - The representation or exhibition of a comedy or tragedy; as, he attends ever play.
- n. - Performance on an instrument of music.
- n. - Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and easy action.
- n. - Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display; scope; as, to give full play to mirth.
Referring Clues
- Cavort
- Latitude
- Flexibility
- Be in the game
- VCR button
- Maneuvering room
- With 79-Down, something to do in the yard
- Wiggle room
- Go (along)
- DVD menu option
- See 32-Across
- Thespian production
- Something to stage
- See 12-Down
- Pass or run
- Game move
- Leeway
- Be in the game or in the band
- With 39-Across, pretend
- Fun and frolic
- Great White Way offering
- Tony candidate
- Tickle the ivories
- Tackle the tuba
- "Hamlet," for example
- Engage in tag, say
- Gambol or gamble
- Broadway production
- Chalk talk diagram
- "Will it ___ in Peoria?"
- TiVo remote button
- Put on the hi-fi
- Umpire's cry at the start of a baseball game
- Gambol
- Get in the game
- Word with date or money
- Broadway offering
- Drama, for instance
- Broadway show
- Globe production
- Dramatist's work
- DVD button
- Dramatic presentation
- Stage production
- It's staged
- Work antithesis
- One way to enjoy a game
- Dramatic work
- It's often staged
- Jack's proverbial need
- It makes Jack less dull
- It's staged!
- Remote button
- Fun and games
- Kennedy Center offering
- Bit of theatrics
- Quarterback's call
- Troup Group
- Troup Grp.
- Horse around
- "Rent" or "Bent"
- Staged event?
- Dramatic production
- "Romeo and Juliet," for one
- Stage offering
- Theatrical presentation
- Stage show
- Stage action
- Stage doings
- Join the game
- Stage presentation
- Work alternative
- Theater presentation
- Frolic
- Tony winner
- Run the stereo
- Run the stereo
- With 35-Down, much-anticipated cry every April
- School recess
- Theatrical event
- Fool around
- "Wit" or "Doubt"
- Recess activity
- What's behind the curtain?
- DVR button
- Theatrical production
- Broadway presentation
- Remote-control button
- See 52-Across
- Coach's call
- "Family Feud" option
- Euripides opus
- O'Neill effort
- Theater production
- Gamble or gambol
- ___ on words
- Indulge in sport
- Frisk about
- Opposite of work
- DVR option
- "foul ___"
- Take the field
- "Waiting for Godot," for one
- Have fun
- iTunes button
- "___ ball!"
- Work's antithesis
- Frolic and gambol
- Romp
- 14-Across, for one
- Stage drama
- Act as
- Gambit
- Perform at the piano
- Where a scene is seen?
- Ump's call after "Time!"
- Word with fair or foul
- Shakespeare work
- Recreation
- Word with time or money
- "picnic" or "tru"
- "Hamlet" or "Tru"
- Make good use of recess
- Word after passion or power
- The "thing," to Hamlet
- DVD remote button
- Work's opposite
- Enjoy recess
- Type of "ground"
- Make music
- Work for actors
- Drama
- After-school production, maybe
- Eugene Ionesco production
- Participate in a game
- Take part in games
- Perform music
- See 17
- Relaxing interval, but not for the cast?
- It's somebody's work, oddly enough
- Having set out after power, act
- See 26
- Work can be fun!
- Drama programme's first seen by the French and Spanish
- Work for fun
- Not a loud song, but it's dramatic
- Pay out pounds for fun
- Left foot grasps trifle
- See 24 down
- See 18
- Act as beginner in party, unlike minister
- Perform quiet, lazy pieces
- Perform a song at the piano
- Pay out pounds to take part
- Take part for fun
- Theatre performance
- Coppers put on drama
- Pundit initially put down performance
- DVR remote button
- Amuse oneself - drama
- Stage work
- Games room
- See 1 across and 22
- Slack - performance
- Perform words and music of song on piano
- Function associated with a right-pointing arrowhead icon, often
- Freedom of movement
- Commit suicide - be Plautus' Asinus, unlike Macbeth(4,3,5,4)
- Fork out about a quid for the show
- For example, 24 2 to take an unnecessary risk?
- See 6
- Perform song, with piano introduction
- Writer's work for which fee is about a pound
- Amusement caused by madcap laying trap
- See 1
- Page on amateur stage production
- Drama in parking place
- Put under pressure in drama
- The thing before the game
- See 16
- Pru's first amateur theatrical production
- 1 that's not 1?
- Word after word or sword
- Word with bill or ball
- Have some fun
- Work that's divided into acts and scenes
- See 2
- U-turn from work
- Perform a soft song
- Start to persuade amateur to take part in a game
- Engage in games
- Tom Stoppard creation
- Quiet ballad providing entertainment
- Recorder button
- But it's work for the dramatist
- Work of Shakespeare
- Word with safe or out
- "All work and no ___ ..."
- Latitude; compete against
- Work that can be fun
- A drama
- "A Raisin in the Sun," for one
- August Wilson creation
- Take the role of
- It's definitely not work
- Word that can precede each half of the starred answers
- Perform in a band
- Quarterback’s call
- Dramatic offering
- Follower of fair, foul or free
- With 25-Across, get as much approval from an audience as possible
- Enjoy a game
- With 62-Down, lie motionless
- Off-hours activity
- Work? No, the opposite
- Perform on the piano
- Button on an old VCR
- Amuse oneself
- Get a board game to the table
- "Angels in America" started as one
- Thing on Broadway
- "Proof" or "Doubt"
- Enjoy a board game
- "Take Me Out," e.g.
- YouTube button
- Acts as one?
- "The Glass Menagerie," for one
- Give about a quid for something Shakespearean
- Work? No, not at all
- "Stop Kiss," for example
- Stage performance
- "Fleabag" started as one
- Comedy or drama
- Toy (with)
- Enjoy recess in a schoolyard
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 14, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - July 20, 2026
- Mirror Daily - July 18, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 21, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 26, 2026
- Daily American - January 30, 2026
- Daily American - January 28, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 21, 2026
- Daily American - January 20, 2026
- Daily American - January 03, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 26, 2025
- LA Times - December 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - August 31, 2025
- Daily American - August 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 28, 2025
- Daily American - July 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 28, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 11, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 20, 2025
- LA Times - February 05, 2025
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