Playing Hamlet, tragic role in film Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Playing Hamlet, tragic role in film featured in Telegraph Cryptic puzzle on December 24, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is THELMA.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% THELMA Playing Hamlet, tragic role in film (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 24, 2025
6% THEMINACKTHEATRE Hamlet on vacation there? It can make plays (16) The Telegraph Toughie Dec 12, 2025
6% LEAR Tragic monarch (4) Newsday Dec 5, 2025
6% PORTRAY Play, as a film character (7) New York Times Mini Nov 29, 2025
6% PART Role in a play (4) Universal Nov 9, 2025
6% SOSAD "That's tragic" (5) LA Times Daily Oct 6, 2025
6% ACTED Played a role (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 3, 2025
6% ACT Play a role (3)
5% GERTRUDE Mother of Hamlet in the William Shakespeare play of that name (8) (8) Mirror Quiz Dec 22, 2025
5% REN __ Faire (role-playing event) (3) Newsday Dec 21, 2025

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