| Play a practical joke on, slangily | 34 |
| Play a prank on (Sl.) | 21 |
| Play a prank on, to Ashton Kutcher | 34 |
| Play a rebound | 14 |
| Play a repeating pattern while the singer talks, e.g. | 53 |
| Play a role | 11 |
| Play a role none too subtly | 27 |
| Play a round | 12 |
| Play a sax solo, maybe | 22 |
| Play a set with the band | 24 |
| Play a sidewalk game | 20 |
| Play a Stratocaster | 19 |
| Play a trick on | 15 |
| Play a trifecta | 15 |
| Play a trump, in Bridge | 23 |
| Play a trumpet | 14 |
| Play a tuba | 11 |
| Play a tune | 11 |
| Play a uke | 10 |
| Play a ukulele | 14 |
| Play a wrong note | 17 |
| Play about a boy and his horse | 30 |
| Play about a diner patron whose food never arrives? | 51 |
| Play about a guy and his sloppy little pal from Mars? | 53 |
| Play about a guy ordering beef from Dublin? | 43 |
| Play about a jeweler's scale, with "A"? | 53 |
| Play about a singer's army years? | 37 |
| Play about a woman who dances with short people? | 48 |
| Play about a woman who gets her "just desserts"? | 58 |
| Play about an actress trying to unload some real estate? | 56 |
| Play about an over-the-hill boxer? | 34 |
| Play about androids | 19 |
| Play about author Capote | 24 |
| Play about Caius Marcius | 24 |
| Play about Capote | 17 |
| Play about Capote that ran on Broadway in the 1990s | 51 |
| Play about Emily Dickinson, with "The" | 48 |
| Play about Hollywood | 20 |
| Play about horses | 17 |
| Play about Lorelei's timepiece? | 35 |
| Play about meat that's good to eat anytime? | 47 |
| Play about Perón | 19 |
| Play about rival composers | 26 |
| Play about robots | 17 |
| Play about Sadie Thompson | 25 |
| Play about some girls who were raised by orangutans? | 52 |
| Play about swine intestines that are semidivine? | 48 |
| Play about tenderizing meat with one's toes? | 48 |
| Play about the Helmers, with "A" | 42 |
| Play about the Wingfield family | 31 |
| Play accolade | 13 |
| Play act | 8 |
| Play addendum | 13 |
| Play again | 10 |
| Play against | 12 |
| Play alone | 10 |
| Play alone? | 11 |
| Play along | 10 |
| Play ammo | 9 |
| Play an "it" game | 27 |
| Play an ace? | 12 |
| Play an amorous detective? | 26 |
| Play an ice game | 16 |
| Play an icy sport | 17 |
| Play an intro? | 14 |
| Play an ocarina monotonously | 28 |
| Play analyzer | 13 |
| Play and film about a noted 1977 series of interviews | 53 |
| Play area | 9 |
| Play area for enfants | 21 |
| Play area, in Paris | 19 |
| Play area? | 10 |
| Play areas | 10 |
| Play around | 11 |
| Play around (with) | 18 |
| Play around with some music | 27 |
| Play around, with "off" | 33 |
| Play as expected, on the links | 30 |
| Play assisters | 14 |
| Play at a faster tempo, on sheet music: Abbr. | 45 |
| Play at a formal Halloween party? | 33 |
| Play at a game on ice | 21 |
| Play at love | 12 |
| Play at recess | 14 |
| Play award | 10 |
| Play awards | 11 |
| Play back? | 10 |
| Play backer | 11 |
| Play backers | 12 |
| Play background | 15 |
| Play backup for | 15 |
| Play badly | 10 |
| Play badly? | 11 |
| Play ball | 9 |
| Play ball maker | 15 |
| Play banjo idly | 15 |
| Play banjo, maybe | 17 |
| Play baseball with cheeses? | 27 |
| Play based on a "Wild Kingdom" episode? | 49 |
| Play based on a Maugham story | 29 |