"The play's the ___ . . . " Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue "The play's the ___ . . . " . We have found 41 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is THING.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% THING "The play's the ___ . . . " (5)
95% ACTI Play s beginning (4)
14% ABIGAIL ____'s Party, Mike Leigh play (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 9, 2025
12% DRAMA Play (5) The Telegraph Quick Sep 2, 2025
12% ASS A s-s-silly person (3) (3) The Sun Two Speed Aug 29, 2025
12% TOBY Jones who played Truman Capote in 2006's "Infamous" (4) Wall Street Journal Aug 19, 2025
12% MYRMIDON Gosh! <i>Nimrod</i>'s playing - one follows instinctively (8) The Times Cryptic Aug 18, 2025
12% JETLI Actor who played the Emperor of China in 2020's "Mulan" (5) LA Times Daily Aug 16, 2025
12% ANITAHILL Law professor played by Kerry Washington in 2016's "Confirmation" (9) New York Times Aug 12, 2025
12% TOYED Played (with) (5) TV Aug 10, 2025
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