| Play first fiddle | 17 |
| Play first | 10 |
| Play finale | 11 |
| Play fetch? | 11 |
| Play featuring sportswriter Oscar Madison | 41 |
| Play featuring Sadie Thompson | 29 |
| Play featuring Mrs. Malaprop, with "The" | 50 |
| Play featuring a road-rage murder | 33 |
| Play favorites? | 15 |
| Play favorites, perhaps | 23 |
| Play fans | 9 |
| Play extras, for short | 22 |
| Play extension? | 15 |
| Play exchange | 13 |
| Play excerpt | 12 |
| Play entrepreneur | 17 |
| Play enjoying an extended run | 29 |
| Play enders, sometimes | 22 |
| Play enders, perhaps | 20 |
| Play ender, often | 17 |
| Play ender | 10 |
| Play enclosure | 14 |
| Play during the day | 19 |
| Play dumb | 9 |
| Play ducks and ___ with (squander) | 34 |
| Play down? | 10 |
| Play down, as an issue | 22 |
| Play down, as a role | 20 |
| Play down | 9 |
| Play double Dutch, say | 22 |
| Play divisions | 14 |
| Play division | 13 |
| Play dirty against an N.H.L. newcomer? | 38 |
| Play dirty | 10 |
| Play directors, briefly | 23 |
| Play directors | 14 |
| Play director? | 14 |
| Play direction | 14 |
| Play device | 11 |
| Play delayers | 13 |
| Play dead, e.g. | 15 |
| Play dates? | 11 |
| Play dates | 10 |
| Play date? | 10 |
| Play date overseer? | 19 |
| Play date | 9 |
| Play critic? | 12 |
| Play continuation | 17 |
| Play constructions | 18 |
| Play construction | 17 |
| Play conclusion? | 16 |
| Play conclusion, often | 22 |
| Play company | 12 |
| Play co-written by Mark Twain and Bret Harte | 44 |
| Play co-authored by Mark Twain | 30 |
| Play clock units | 16 |
| Play clay | 9 |
| Play city planner | 17 |
| Play chords, possibly | 21 |
| Play chords | 11 |
| Play chauffeur | 14 |
| Play charades, e.g. | 19 |
| Play charades | 13 |
| Play characters | 15 |
| Play centered around a completely white canvas | 46 |
| Play center, sometimes | 22 |
| Play center, often | 18 |
| Play catcher, say | 17 |
| Play catch-up | 13 |
| Play catch, with "around" | 35 |
| Play cat and mouse (with) | 25 |
| Play callers, for short | 23 |
| Play callers | 12 |
| Play caller | 11 |
| Play called by Montana | 22 |
| Play byplay | 11 |
| Play by ___ (without sheet music) | 33 |
| Play by ___ | 11 |
| Play by William Gibson | 22 |
| Play by Van Druten: 1951 | 24 |
| Play by Topor | 13 |
| Play by the rules | 17 |
| Play by Sophocles | 17 |
| Play by Sartre | 14 |
| Play by Rattigan | 16 |
| Play by Osborne | 15 |
| Play by oneself | 15 |
| Play by O'Neill | 19 |
| Play by Noyes: 1915 | 19 |
| Play by Neil Simon, with "The" | 40 |
| Play by Neil Simon | 18 |
| Play by Maxwell Anderson | 24 |
| Play by Matt Crowley (with "The") | 43 |
| Play by Mark Twain and Bret Harte | 33 |
| Play by Mae West: 1928 | 22 |
| Play by Karel Capek | 19 |
| Play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee | 41 |
| Play by Jean-Paul Sartre | 24 |
| Play by Ibsen | 13 |
| Play by George Bernard Shaw | 27 |