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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Press it to start watching drama (4)
Story acted on stage (4)
Broadway production Wall Street Journal 03 Jun 2025
Perform music: - the piano, eg
Perform on the piano Universal 14 May 2025
Umpire's command to --> USA Today Quick 09 May 2025
(1/7) Bright lights, buzzing machines, and the smell of buttery popcorn ... your perfect arcade day starts now! Ready to ___ some games?
'[A] good _ needs no epilogue' (Shakespeare As You Like It (1599)
Theater production Eugene Sheffer 26 Apr 2025
Engage in games Mirror Classic 19 Apr 2025
Cavort Newsday 12 Apr 2025
Remote control button that kind of looks like |>
Get aggressively physical when criminal Ray dips into till (4,5) The Guardian Cryptic 28 Mar 2025
Go from bar to bar entertaining people (4)
Theater production Eugene Sheffer 25 Mar 2025
"Hamlet" or "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"
For the actor, work is fun (4)
Command you may use to make your dog "start a game"
Work that can be fun (4)
Work that's staged activity on field (4)
Have fun at recess
Broadway production Universal 20 Feb 2025
Perform a song, opening with piano (4)
Children do drama (4)
___ Your Cards Right, old Bruce Forsyth game show (4)
Engage in games Mirror Classic 10 Feb 2025
Join the game Wall Street Journal 10 Feb 2025
Drama created by Labour's leader blocking workers' reward The Times Quick Cryptic 10 Feb 2025
Have fun in theatre (4)
Roll the dice, say Wall Street Journal 06 Feb 2025
Theater production LA Times Daily 05 Feb 2025
Stage show Eugene Sheffer 01 Feb 2025
Engage in sport (4)
Fork out about fifty for theatre performance (4)
Start a game
Broadway production like "Macbeth"
Work for actors
But it's work for the dramatist
Put on the stereo
Have fun on stage (4)
Yet it's work for actors (4)
Perform, quietly, a ballad (4)
Clint Eastwood film, - - - Misty For Me Mirror Tea Time 23 Dec 2024
Quarterback's call Wall Street Journal 07 Dec 2024
Take part for fun (4)
Join the game Thomas Joseph 04 Dec 2024
Pounds in wages for a dramatic presentation (4)
Pay out pounds to take part (4)
Work with an audience
Have fun Newsday 15 Nov 2024
___- ball or ___- by ear (4)
Shakespearean opus
Hamlet or Othello
Amuse oneself in drama (4)
Theater production Newsday 29 Oct 2024
Take part in sport Mirror Tea Time 29 Oct 2024
Dramatic performance (4)
What the child taking part on the stage wears? (8)
Somebody's work oddly enough
Latitude LA Times Daily 20 Oct 2024
Broadway production
1 & 11Ac. Drama not the first swindle to take subordinate part in? (4,6,6)
Quiet ballad providing entertainment
The 2024 Tony-winning "Stereophonic," e.g.
Give money, about a pound, for theatrical show (4)
"Toys are children's words and ___ is their language" (Garry Landreth) Universal 14 Sep 2024
With 47-Across, what theater owners want their actors to do (5 wds.)
"The work of the child": Maria Montessori Wall Street Journal 07 Sep 2024
Scope for one of Shakespeare's works? The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Sep 2024
Word that follows "horse" to means roughhousing
Take part in a game
Area - Foul - Role (4)
"State of ___," 2009 crime-drama film starring Russell Crowe
Pretend/Sick of being pigeon-holed. The bird keeper...
Theater production Universal 02 Aug 2024
Dance show (4) The Guardian Cryptic 30 Jul 2024
"South of the border down Mexico way; That's where I fell in love when stars above, came out to ..."
Have a game (4)
Start to persuade amateur to take part in a game
Give money to about fifty to be instrumentalists (4)
"Work Hard, ___ Hard," song by Wiz Khalifa
Perform a song at the piano (4)
It is a work one may consider as recreation (4)
Perform quiet, lazy pieces
"___ It Again, Sam"; Woody Allen movie
Word that can precede School and Your Cards Right to complete two different TV show titles (4)
Dramatic work The Telegraph Quick 14 Jun 2024
Scope for amusement (4)
MLB game --> USA Today Quick 10 Jun 2024
Story on stage (4)
Have some fun Commuter 30 May 2024
Drama is clearly not a serious matter (4)
Freedom of movement on the stage
Broadway show Newsday 28 May 2024
Drama The Telegraph Quick 27 May 2024
Pass time pleasantly in drama (4)
'Start the movie' button
This thing a toy such as the model theatre? (4)
A drama (4)
Drama Mirror Quick 18 May 2024
Have fun in the theatre? Mirror Cryptic 18 May 2024
Drama is what children do at break time (4)
Join the game Wall Street Journal 14 May 2024
Quiet song for a drama (4)
Make music; theatre production The Telegraph Mini 11 May 2024
"Twelfth Night" or "Long Day's Journey Into Night," e.g.
5-Across can be found in a ___ground
MLB ump's call: "____ ball!"
Umpire's instruction to start the drama (4)
Take a bow and fiddle, perhaps (4)
...don't work for fifty in wages (4)
Settle around lake and have fun (4)
Theatre production (4)
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
Command you may use to make your dog "start a game"
Cassette player button with a triangle on it
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
Have fun in piece of theatre Mirror Cryptic 14 Feb 2024
Drama Mirror Quick 14 Feb 2024
Quiet song in a drama (4)
Parking place for sport
Space for movement on stage (4)
Theatrical production The Times Concise 06 Feb 2024
Work written for the stage Commuter 03 Feb 2024
Take the part of, just for fun (4)
Enjoy toys Commuter 01 Feb 2024
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
Theater production Eugene Sheffer 27 Jul 2023
Cavort New York Times 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
Stage drama The Telegraph Quick 12 Dec 2022
"Macbeth" or "Hamlet," e.g.
"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
Broadway production
Join the game Thomas Joseph 26 Oct 2022
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 The Washington Post 31 May 2020
Dramatic offering LA Times Daily 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"
Drama as Liberal cuts wages The Sun Two Speed 09 Dec 2019
Theatrical presentation 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 The Washington Post 11 May 2019
Word with safe or out LA Times Daily 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
Work of Shakespeare
Word with safe or out
Opposite of work Family Time 23 Dec 2018
Tony candidate Jonesin 04 Dec 2018
Remote button LA Times Daily 31 Oct 2018
Remote button The Washington Post 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 The Washington Post 01 Aug 2018
Tom Stoppard creation LA Times Daily 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 LA Times Daily 28 Mar 2018
Word with bill or ball The Washington Post 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
Recorder button
Work's opposite
Ump's call after "Time!"
"Will it ___ in Peoria?"
Latitude
Remote button
Romp
Tom Stoppard creation
Word with bill or ball
Have some fun
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
The "thing," to Hamlet
DVD button
Work's opposite
Word after passion or power
DVR button
Enjoy recess
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
Function associated with a right-pointing arrowhead icon, often
Make good use of recess
Where a scene is seen?
Word with time or money
Ump's call after "Time!"
Opposite of work
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
Horse around
Thespian production
"Waiting for Godot," for one
Dramatist's work
Join the game
Frolic and gambol
Work's antithesis
Take the field
Take the field USA Today 01 Jan 2015
Perform at the piano
"Richard III" or "Henry V"
Gambit
iTunes button
14-Across, for one
Drama in parking place
Amuse oneself in country fair?
Coppers put on
___ on words
Be in the game
Theater production
Wiggle room
Opposite of work
It's staged
Frolic
Quarterback's call
Pru's first amateur theatrical production
Be in the game
Run on a DVD player
Engage in a sport
Leisure activity
Coach's call
Remote-control button
Android app store
Google Android Market successor
"Family Feud" option
Broadway presentation
DVD menu option
Something to stage
See 52-Across
Fun and games
See 52-Across
Fun and games
Perform song, with piano introduction
Fool around
What's behind the curtain?
"Wit" or "Doubt"
Theatrical event
Be in the game or in the band
Chalk talk diagram
Latitude
Get in the game
Recess activity
Get in the game
Frolic
With 35-Down, much-anticipated cry every April
Freedom of movement
School recess
Get in the game
Quarterback's call
"Romeo and Juliet," for one
Dramatic production
Staged event?
Horse around
Put on the hi-fi
Remote button
Stage production
Kennedy Center offering
Quarterback's call
Put on the hi-fi
Latitude
Fun and games
Horse around
Bit of theatrics
Stage production
Be in the game or in the band
Work for Mamet
Frolic
Globe production
Pinter production
TiVo remote button
"Will it ___ in Peoria?"
With 39-Across, pretend
Wiggle room
Broadway offering
DVD menu option
Pinter product
Latitude
Broadway show
Gambol
Broadway offering
Leeway
Chalk talk diagram
Tony winner
Tickle the ivories
Gambol
Remote-control button
Broadway production
Word with date or money
Dramatic presentation
Work antithesis
One way to enjoy a game
Get in the game
DVD button
Get in the game
Word with date or money
Drama, for instance
Assembly show
Unimpeded motion
Dramatic work
Pass or run
Broadway offering
Game move
Broadway production
See 12-Down
Gambol or gamble
Engage in tag, say
Quarterback's call
Off-Broadway offering
Broadway offering
"Tru," e.g.
Latitude
Jack's proverbial need
It's often staged
Umpire's cry at the start of a baseball game
iPod button
"Hamlet," for example
Word with squeeze or power
See 32-Across
Something to stage
Thespian production
It's staged!
It makes Jack less dull
Tony candidate
6 Down, e.g.
Stage show
Be in the game
It's staged!
Screen pass, e.g.
Recreation
Kind of bill
Recreation
Tackle the tuba
Kennedy Center offering
Work on a stage
Broadway offering
Boom box button
Work on a stage
Shakespeare work
Stage offering
DVD menu option
Tickle the ivories
Shakespeare work
Game action
Great White Way offering
Tony candidate
Get in the game
Go (along)
Have fun
Enjoy recess
Be in the band
Broadway production
Latitude
Arthur Miller creation
Take the field
Recess activity
Make music
"Romeo and Juliet," e.g.
With 79-Down, something to do in the yard
Wiggle room
Maneuvering room
Give
O'Neill creation
Game plan?
Hamlet's thing
"Pygmalion", for one
Take the role of
Fun and frolic
Quietly, set for recreation
Kind of bill
Recess activity
Have fun
Flexibility
Frolic
Have fun
Kindergarten activity
Join in the game
Dramatic presentation
Gambol
Take part in a game
VCR button
Tickle the ivories?
"Oedipus Rex" or "Waiting for Godot"
Tony candidate
VCR button
Frolic and gambol
Cassette function
Take the field
Be in the game
VCR button
It's on the boards
Stoppard work
Broadway production
Frolic
Work's antithesis
Picnic or Tru
Flexibility
O'Neill opus
Drama
Cavort
Drama
____ the market
QB's call
Leisure pursuit
Euripides work
"Harvey" or "Annie"
Stage offering
N. Simon product
Sport
Pinter product
"___ it, Sam"
Broadway attraction
Shaw opus
Inge product
Pinter creation
Ionesco product
"The thing" to Hamlet
___ on words (pun)
Neil Simon creation
"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
Double or foul
Kind of bill or boy
Certain Jack's need
Entertainment
Freedom for motion
Familiar call, with 5 Across
Broadway offering
Gambol
Frolic.
Room for action.
"Festival," for instance.
"Bus Stop."
___ the game.
"The Teahouse," for instance.
"Sabrina Fair," for instance.
"Picnic" for instance.
"Kind Sir," for instance.
"One Bright Day," for instance.
Summer theatre offering.
Broadway production.
Drama.
It's seen when you draw the curtain
Perform.
Recess activity.
Rialto speciality.
O'Neill work
A need for Jack
Activity of childhood.
School activity.
The thing, according to Hamlet.
Act.
Cavort.
Childhood's sphere.
Recreation.
"The Iceman Cometh."
"High Tor," for example.
"The Frogs," for example.
Actor's vehicle.
Free motion.
Haymarket attraction.
Take part.
"Gideon," for example.
Broadway attraction.
Scope for action.
Diversion.
The thing, in "Hamlet."
Rialto offering.
Miller's product.
Freedom for action.
Pinter product.
Fun and games.
Curtain raiser.
"Outward Bound."
Turn at cards.
Rollick.
Pretend.
Move, in a game.
Emulate 15 Across.
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