| Play down, as a role | 20 |
| Play down, as an issue | 22 |
| Play down? | 10 |
| Play ducks and ___ with (squander) | 34 |
| Play dumb | 9 |
| Play during the day | 19 |
| Play enclosure | 14 |
| Play ender | 10 |
| Play ender, often | 17 |
| Play enders, perhaps | 20 |
| Play enders, sometimes | 22 |
| Play enjoying an extended run | 29 |
| Play entrepreneur | 17 |
| Play excerpt | 12 |
| Play exchange | 13 |
| Play extension? | 15 |
| Play extras, for short | 22 |
| Play fans | 9 |
| Play favorites, perhaps | 23 |
| Play favorites? | 15 |
| Play featuring a road-rage murder | 33 |
| Play featuring Mrs. Malaprop, with "The" | 50 |
| Play featuring Sadie Thompson | 29 |
| Play featuring sportswriter Oscar Madison | 41 |
| Play fetch? | 11 |
| Play finale | 11 |
| Play first | 10 |
| Play first fiddle | 17 |
| Play first with Goren | 21 |
| Play fivesome, often | 20 |
| Play flawlessly on the green | 28 |
| Play follow-the-leader | 22 |
| Play follower, usually | 22 |
| Play football | 13 |
| Play footsie, say | 17 |
| Play for a chump | 16 |
| Play for a fool | 15 |
| Play for a patsy | 16 |
| Play for a pawn | 15 |
| Play for a sap | 14 |
| Play for a sucker | 17 |
| Play for a talent scout | 23 |
| Play for fun | 12 |
| Play for fun, in a way | 22 |
| Play for higher stakes | 22 |
| Play for laughs? | 16 |
| Play for NFL centers | 20 |
| Play for the Bruins, say | 24 |
| Play for the halfback | 21 |
| Play for the N.H.L. | 19 |
| Play for time | 13 |
| Play for time by actress Sharon? | 32 |
| Play for which Julie Harris won the 1952 Tony for Best Actress | 62 |
| Play for which Peggy Cass won a Tony in 1957 | 44 |
| Play for which Robert Morse won a Tony and an Emmy | 50 |
| Play for which Robert Morse won his second Tony | 47 |
| Play for ___ | 12 |
| Play for _____ | 14 |
| Play form using wooden masks | 28 |
| Play friskily | 13 |
| Play from which the word "robot" comes | 48 |
| Play furniture? | 15 |
| Play games | 10 |
| Play games? | 11 |
| Play garden produce like a horn? | 32 |
| Play genre | 10 |
| Play girl | 9 |
| Play girl, say | 14 |
| Play God? | 9 |
| Play ground | 11 |
| Play ground? | 12 |
| Play grounds | 12 |
| Play grounds? | 13 |
| Play group | 10 |
| Play group? | 11 |
| Play groups | 11 |
| Play groups? | 12 |
| Play guitar | 11 |
| Play guitar chords | 18 |
| Play halter | 11 |
| Play halters | 12 |
| Play hard to get | 16 |
| Play hard ___ | 13 |
| Play havoc with | 15 |
| Play hero | 9 |
| Play hob with toy trains | 24 |
| Play hockey | 11 |
| Play hockey, e.g. | 17 |
| Play honor | 10 |
| Play honors | 11 |
| Play hooky | 10 |
| Play hooky, in Australian slang | 31 |
| Play horseshoes | 15 |
| Play horseshoes, e.g. | 21 |
| Play host to | 12 |
| Play host, as for an awards show | 32 |
| Play ice hockey | 15 |
| Play idly on | 12 |
| Play idly on an instrument | 26 |
| Play in a band | 14 |