Word "PLAY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
Synonyms:
encounter, meet, take on
Examples:
Princeton plays Yale this weekend
Charlie likes to play Mary

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
Synonyms:
act, act as
Examples:
She plays deaf when the news are bad

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
Synonyms:
diddle, fiddle, toy
Examples:
She played nervously with her wedding ring
He played with the idea of running for the Senate

Crossword Clues for PLAY

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Clue Source Date
Gamble or gambol
Represent; compete (4)
Stage drama Commuter 16 Apr 2024
Amusing activity (4)
Remote control button that kind of looks like |>
have fun with toys
Cricket umpire's call to start a match (4)
Theatrical piece (4) Puzzler 30 Mar 2024
Work is fun! (4)
Perform on a 5-Across
Cassette player button with a triangle on it
Command you may use to make your dog "start a game"
Get in the game Universal 13 Mar 2024
Perform a soft song (4)
Stage play in one act by Samuel Beckett first performed in English in 1964 (4)
Stage play in one act by Samuel Beckett first performed in English in 1964 Mirror Quiz 27 Feb 2024
Drama Mirror Quick 14 Feb 2024
Have fun in piece of theatre Mirror Cryptic 14 Feb 2024
Quiet song in a drama (4)
Parking place for sport
Theatrical production The Times Concise 06 Feb 2024
Space for movement on stage (4)
Work written for the stage Commuter 03 Feb 2024
Enjoy toys Commuter 01 Feb 2024
Take the part of, just for fun (4)
Dramatic production for the theatre Mirror Tea Time 30 Jan 2024
Thesp's last amateur theatre piece? The Times Quick Cryptic 30 Jan 2024
Broadway production like "Macbeth"
Sort of work ? that isn't!
Newfoundland band Great Big Sea's 1997 album
Take part in games Mirror Classic 18 Jan 2024
___ Misty for Me, Clint Eastwood film (4)
Be co-operative in theatrical production (4)
Scope for entertainment
Power ___, phase when one ice hockey team has a numerical advantage due to an opposition penalty
“A Raisin in the Sun,” for one LA Times Mini 02 Dec 2023
(& 8-down) Try to match rival's score (4,5-2)
Settle with novice and have fun (4)
"When the cat's away, the mice will ___" (common rhyming idiom)
"Fleabag" started as one USA Today 10 Oct 2023
Drama The Telegraph Quick 07 Oct 2023
Dramatic work The Telegraph Quick 03 Oct 2023
Remote button with a triangle
Alternative to work? Universal 12 Sep 2023
Take part in chess, say
YouTube button
Degree of freedom in Shakespeare's work? The Times Cryptic 11 Aug 2023
Cavort New York Times 27 Jul 2023
Theater production Eugene Sheffer 27 Jul 2023
'Stop Kiss,' for example USA Today 19 Jul 2023
Enjoy a game USA Today 15 Jul 2023
Dramatic work The Telegraph Quick 11 Jul 2023
Work? No, not at all Family Time 21 May 2023
Broadway production
"Two can ___ at that game!"
Broadway offering
'The Glass Menagerie,' for one USA Today 11 Feb 2023
Stage show Eugene Sheffer 08 Feb 2023
Stage production Universal 18 Jan 2023
___-Doh (craft brand)
Button on an old VCR Family Time 18 Dec 2022
"Macbeth" or "Hamlet," e.g.
Stage drama The Telegraph Quick 12 Dec 2022
"All work and no ___..."
Theatrical production Newsday 28 Nov 2022
Parking was to be found for Candida, perhaps The Guardian Cryptic 16 Nov 2022
"Work hard, ___ hard"
Acts as one? New York Times 03 Nov 2022
Join the game Thomas Joseph 26 Oct 2022
Broadway production
YouTube button New York Times 10 Oct 2022
Broadway production Eugene Sheffer 29 Sep 2022
Wiggle room Wall Street Journal 28 Sep 2022
"Work hard, ___ hard"
Stage drama The Telegraph Quick 12 Sep 2022
Act in your own best interests: perform singles with comics at fair The Guardian Cryptic 07 Sep 2022
'Take Me Out,' e.g USA Today 19 Aug 2022
'Hamlet' or 'Hamilton' Newsday 24 Jul 2022
Enjoy a board game USA Today 25 Jun 2022
"Proof" or "Doubt" LA Times Daily 18 Jun 2022
Thing on Broadway Family Time 08 May 2022
Recess activity Universal 21 Apr 2022
Toy Show
'Angels in America' started as one USA Today 28 Feb 2022
Stage show Eugene Sheffer 02 Feb 2022
Pretend to be Newsday 29 Jan 2022
DVD function
Opposite of "pause," on YouTube
Theater production Eugene Sheffer 03 Jan 2022
It could be dramatic when Liberal interferes in wages
Work's antithesis USA Today 21 Nov 2021
Quietly, set for recreation The Times Cryptic 19 Nov 2021
"All work and no ___ makes Jack a dull boy"
Broadway production
YouTube button
"All work and no ___ makes Jack a dull boy"
It may have five acts Universal 07 Oct 2021
"Macbeth" or "Hamlet," e.g.
Oppose West End show? The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Sep 2021
Get a board game to the table USA Today 08 Sep 2021
“I ____ the noble housewife with the time, to entertain it so merrily with a fool” (All’s Well That Ends Well) The Times Specialist Sunday 29 Aug 2021
Stage show Eugene Sheffer 06 Aug 2021
Theater presentation Newsday 07 Jul 2021
Tactic when love becomes a farce?
Revolting characters in quality Alpine drama Irish Times Crosaire 25 Jun 2021
Oppose petition, swapping sides The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Jun 2021
Work steadily, hosting a performance
Enjoy recess USA Today 26 May 2021
Broadway production
Button on an old VCR Family Time 24 May 2021
Broadway show Eugene Sheffer 22 May 2021
Make music New York Times 02 May 2021
Join the game Thomas Joseph 06 Apr 2021
Perform a sonata, say USA Today 29 Mar 2021
Perform on the piano Universal 15 Mar 2021
Leads in Private Lives and Yentl performed at The Abbey Irish Times Crosaire 05 Mar 2021
Work? No, the opposite Family Time 21 Feb 2021
Spend money to secure Lessing's first dramatic work
Frolic USA Today 14 Dec 2020
Off-hours activity New York Times 08 Dec 2020
Beg to swap sides for fun
Remit to embrace latitude and freedom of movement
Quarterback’s call Wall Street Journal 21 Nov 2020
Wiggle room Newsday 13 Nov 2020
Shell out about fifty for game 
Broadway show, say
Stage production Newsday 24 Aug 2020
With 62-Down, lie motionless New York Times 19 Aug 2020
Theater production Eugene Sheffer 17 Aug 2020
Enjoy a game USA Today 24 Jul 2020
With 25-Across, get as much approval from an audience as possible New York Times 28 Jun 2020
Follower of fair, foul or free Newsday 27 Jun 2020
Dramatic offering LA Times Daily 31 May 2020
Dramatic offering The Washington Post 31 May 2020
But it's a dramatic work!
Show tolerance
Remote button USA Today 07 Apr 2020
Perform in a band USA Today 10 Mar 2020
Word that can precede each half of the starred answers Wall Street Journal 18 Feb 2020
It's definitely not work Family Time 09 Feb 2020
Remote-control button
"All work and no___ makes Jack a dull boy"
Theatrical presentation The Sun Two Speed 09 Dec 2019
Drama as Liberal cuts wages The Sun Two Speed 09 Dec 2019
Opening for all sides today to get onto the pitch at Croke Park, for example Irish Times Crosaire 07 Dec 2019
August Wilson creation USA Today 04 Dec 2019
Stage production Universal 29 Nov 2019
"A Raisin in the Sun," for one Universal 11 Nov 2019
Work interrupted by a sport
Work to bring in a drama
Portray in a drama The Times Concise 26 Aug 2019
Drama The Times Concise 09 Aug 2019
Recreation The Times Concise 04 Aug 2019
Latitude; compete against The Guardian Speedy 07 Jul 2019
Be in the game, say
''All work and no __ . . .'' Newsday 03 Jun 2019
With 71-Across, act all-powerful Premier Sunday 19 May 2019
Word with safe or out LA Times Daily 11 May 2019
Word with safe or out The Washington Post 11 May 2019
Drama The Telegraph Quick 27 Apr 2019
Work of Shakespeare New York Times 15 Apr 2019
Pundit initially put down performance
Dramatist's work is anything but! The Sun Two Speed 22 Mar 2019
Start a game
Stage show Eugene Sheffer 12 Jan 2019
Engage in a game
Word with safe or out
Work of Shakespeare
Opposite of work Family Time 23 Dec 2018
Tony candidate Jonesin 04 Dec 2018
Remote button The Washington Post 31 Oct 2018
Remote button LA Times Daily 31 Oct 2018
Perform song on piano
Recorder button New York Times 19 Oct 2018
Latitude The Washington Post 14 Oct 2018
Latitude LA Times Daily 14 Oct 2018
Take part in a sport
Theater production Newsday 25 Sep 2018
Work's opposite New York Times 10 Sep 2018
Tom Stoppard creation LA Times Daily 01 Aug 2018
Tom Stoppard creation The Washington Post 01 Aug 2018
Enjoy, as a board game
Romp The Washington Post 24 May 2018
Romp LA Times Daily 24 May 2018
U-turn from work Family Time 13 May 2018
No Tories in epistolary drama Irish Times Crosaire 16 Apr 2018
Have some fun Universal 15 Apr 2018
Challenge for most of 30 across Irish Times Crosaire 14 Apr 2018
Sketch parking place Irish Times Crosaire 11 Apr 2018
Word with bill or ball The Washington Post 28 Mar 2018
Word with bill or ball LA Times Daily 28 Mar 2018
Under pressure, abandon vital game
'Will it ___ in Peoria?' The Chronicle of Higher Education 02 Mar 2018
Word with fair or foul
DVD remote button New York Times 07 Feb 2018
Ump's call after "Time!" USA Today 31 Jan 2018
Remote button
Latitude
Word with bill or ball
Tom Stoppard creation
Romp
"Will it ___ in Peoria?"
Ump's call after "Time!"
Have some fun
Work's opposite
Recorder button
DVD remote button
DVR button Thomas Joseph 06 Dec 2017
Stage drama The Times Concise 29 Nov 2017
Hand over money to cover Riddle's penultimate drama
DVR button USA Today 30 Oct 2017
Work's opposite The Washington Post 16 Oct 2017
Work's opposite LA Times Daily 16 Oct 2017
Word after passion or power USA Today 18 Aug 2017
Participate in a game Family Time 24 Jul 2017
DVD button New York Times 16 Jul 2017
Quietly put down toy
Most of 13 across is on all sides today, for starters Irish Times Crosaire 03 Jun 2017
Stage show Premier Sunday 21 May 2017
Stage presentation Newsday 08 Feb 2017
The 'thing,' to Hamlet New York Times 24 Jan 2017
Work's opposite
DVR button
Enjoy recess
Word after passion or power
The "thing," to Hamlet
DVD button
Quiet place for fun The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Dec 2016
Gambol Premier Sunday 04 Dec 2016
Having set out after power, act
Pressure on amateur to perform The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Oct 2016
It's somebody's work, oddly enough
Make good use of recess Universal 28 Sep 2016
"Hamlet" or "Tru" USA Today 06 Sep 2016
Latitude Family Time 05 Sep 2016
Piano set to offer scope for movement The Telegraph Toughie 01 Sep 2016
Fun and games Newsday 21 Aug 2016
Recreation Newsday 31 Jul 2016
Sport to make a profit -- pounds coming in The Telegraph Toughie 12 Jul 2016
E.g. 22 take part in a game The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Jun 2016
Word with time or money LA Times Daily 02 Jun 2016
Quarterback's call Wall Street Journal 21 May 2016
Work on stage where there's room to manoeuvre The Telegraph Cryptic 18 May 2016
Maybe gamble fifty to fatten wages
Huddle call The Washington Post 27 Apr 2016
Shakespeare work Universal 11 Apr 2016
DVR button Newsday 10 Apr 2016
Word with fair or foul LA Times Daily 06 Apr 2016
Quiet place for entertainment The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Apr 2016
DVR remote button Wall Street Journal 22 Mar 2016
Opposite of work New York Times 15 Feb 2016
Function associated with a right-pointing arrowhead icon, often The Chronicle of Higher Education 05 Feb 2016
Frolic The Telegraph Quick 24 Jan 2016
Ump's call after 'Time!' New York Times 20 Jan 2016
Where a scene is seen? Universal 03 Jan 2016
Word with time or money
Make good use of recess
Opposite of work
Where a scene is seen?
Function associated with a right-pointing arrowhead icon, often
Ump's call after "Time!"
Perform at the piano Newsday 28 Dec 2015
Put under pressure in drama
Gambit New York Times 20 Dec 2015
Thespian production USA Today 27 Nov 2015
Eugene Ionesco production Jonesin 03 Nov 2015
Please stay around for drama Irish Times Crosaire 22 Oct 2015
Something to do in 9 across with a doll's house, for example Irish Times Crosaire 06 Oct 2015
After-school production, maybe Jonesin 10 Sep 2015
Dramatist's work Universal 30 Aug 2015
14-Across, for one Universal 13 Aug 2015
DVR button Jonesin 23 Jun 2015
See 17 The Guardian Quick 20 Jun 2015
Frolic and gambol Universal 02 Jun 2015
Work's antithesis Universal 23 May 2015
iTunes button New York Times 31 Mar 2015
Join the game LA Times Daily 23 Mar 2015
"Waiting for Godot," for one Universal 22 Feb 2015
Pundit initially put down performance
Stage presentation Eugene Sheffer 08 Jan 2015
Gambit
"Waiting for Godot," for one
Work's antithesis
Frolic and gambol
Dramatist's work
14-Across, for one
iTunes button
"Richard III" or "Henry V"
Join the game
Take the field
Perform at the piano
Horse around
Take the field USA Today 01 Jan 2015
Thespian production
Drama in parking place
Amuse oneself in country fair?
Coppers put on
Be in the game
Quarterback's call
Theater production
It's staged
Frolic
Wiggle room
___ on words
Opposite of work
Pru's first amateur theatrical production
Run on a DVD player
"Family Feud" option
See 52-Across
Coach's call
Remote-control button
See 52-Across
Fun and games
Broadway presentation
Fun and games
Android app store
Google Android Market successor
Engage in a sport
Be in the game
Something to stage
DVD menu option
Leisure activity
Perform song, with piano introduction
School recess
With 35-Down, much-anticipated cry every April
Latitude
Quarterback's call
Freedom of movement
Frolic
What's behind the curtain?
Chalk talk diagram
Get in the game
Theatrical event
Recess activity
Fool around
"Wit" or "Doubt"
Get in the game
Get in the game
Be in the game or in the band
Dramatic production
"Romeo and Juliet," for one
Staged event?
Quarterback's call
Kennedy Center offering
Latitude
Remote button
Stage production
Horse around
Horse around
Fun and games
Put on the hi-fi
Bit of theatrics
Put on the hi-fi
Broadway offering
Pinter production
Frolic
Wiggle room
"Will it ___ in Peoria?"
TiVo remote button
Globe production
Work for Mamet
Stage production
Be in the game or in the band
With 39-Across, pretend
Broadway offering
DVD menu option
Tony winner
Broadway show
Tickle the ivories
Gambol
Leeway
Pinter product
Chalk talk diagram
Latitude
Gambol
Unimpeded motion
Get in the game
Word with date or money
Get in the game
Assembly show
Word with date or money
DVD button
Drama, for instance
Dramatic presentation
Broadway production
Remote-control button
One way to enjoy a game
Work antithesis
Broadway offering
Engage in tag, say
Gambol or gamble
Broadway offering
Game move
Pass or run
See 12-Down
Broadway production
Dramatic work
Jack's proverbial need
Latitude
Quarterback's call
It's often staged
Off-Broadway offering
"Tru," e.g.
It's staged!
Word with squeeze or power
Something to stage
6 Down, e.g.
"Hamlet," for example
Thespian production
It makes Jack less dull
iPod button
Tony candidate
See 32-Across
Umpire's cry at the start of a baseball game
Recreation
It's staged!
Be in the game
Kind of bill
Stage show
Screen pass, e.g.
Recreation
Broadway offering
Stage offering
DVD menu option
Kennedy Center offering
Tackle the tuba
Tickle the ivories
Shakespeare work
Work on a stage
Shakespeare work
Work on a stage
Boom box button
Get in the game
Go (along)
Have fun
Great White Way offering
Be in the band
Game action
Broadway production
Tony candidate
Enjoy recess
Latitude
Hamlet's thing
Make music
Recess activity
Take the field
O'Neill creation
Take the role of
"Pygmalion", for one
Arthur Miller creation
Game plan?
Maneuvering room
Wiggle room
"Romeo and Juliet," e.g.
With 79-Down, something to do in the yard
Give
Flexibility
Frolic
Recess activity
Fun and frolic
Have fun
Quietly, set for recreation
Kind of bill
Dramatic presentation
Cassette function
Frolic and gambol
Join in the game
Gambol
Kindergarten activity
VCR button
Tickle the ivories?
VCR button
"Oedipus Rex" or "Waiting for Godot"
Have fun
Take part in a game
Tony candidate
Take the field
Stoppard work
It's on the boards
VCR button
Broadway production
Be in the game
Frolic
Work's antithesis
Picnic or Tru
Flexibility
Drama
____ the market
Cavort
Drama
O'Neill opus
Leisure pursuit
QB's call
"Harvey" or "Annie"
Euripides work
Stage offering
N. Simon product
Sport
"___ it, Sam"
Pinter product
Shaw opus
Pinter creation
Ionesco product
Broadway attraction
Inge product
"The thing" to Hamlet
Neil Simon creation
___ on words (pun)
"The thing," to Hamlet
Disport
"Hamlet" is one
Sean O'Casey product
Connelly creation
"The Mousetrap," for one
Dryden's "All for Love" is one
___ possum
Jack's need
Lay a wager
Certain Jack's need
Kind of bill or boy
Double or foul
Entertainment
Freedom for motion
Familiar call, with 5 Across
Broadway offering
Gambol
A need for Jack
O'Neill work
Recess activity.
Perform.
Rialto offering.
Miller's product.
Freedom for action.
"Outward Bound."
Curtain raiser.
Fun and games.
Pinter product.
Pretend.
Move, in a game.
Emulate 15 Across.
Turn at cards.
Rollick.
Frolic.
Activity of childhood.
The thing, in "Hamlet."
Broadway attraction.
Diversion.
"High Tor," for example.
"Gideon," for example.
Haymarket attraction.
"The Frogs," for example.
Take part.
Free motion.
Recreation.
Rialto speciality.
Act.
Cavort.
Childhood's sphere.
"The Iceman Cometh."
School activity.
Room for action.
Actor's vehicle.
Scope for action.
"Bus Stop."
"Festival," for instance.
___ the game.
"The Teahouse," for instance.
"Sabrina Fair," for instance.
"Picnic" for instance.
"Kind Sir," for instance.
The thing, according to Hamlet.
"One Bright Day," for instance.
Broadway production.
Summer theatre offering.
Drama.
It's seen when you draw the curtain
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