The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word IONESCO
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More clues leading to the result IONESCO
- Topless dance captivates individual playwright
- One’s in independent company, producing French playwright
- Tortellini one’s cousin swallows
- Ice soon broken by dramatist
- Current company binding stories for old dramatist
- Dramatist is describing individual officer
- Independent company bags “writer’s writer”
- Ego’s my business — I’m a dramatist
- One's in independent company, producing French playwright
- Playwright is maintaining a single company
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "old dramatist" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case old dramatist = ionesco.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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