The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word THEATRE
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More clues leading to the result THEATRE
- New threat involving English playhouse
- That place accommodating a tragedy, initially?
- Two articles on time about plays
- Note male actors regularly entering … this?
- Heading for tie-break, period of excitement about play area
- Dine regularly at first in the playhouse
- Globe, say, or Earth spinning in telescope's frame
- Where performance needs watching in great heat recently
- Tories oddly without passion in operations room
- Old readers embracing comic art at The Playhouse?
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The straight part
We know that "playhouse" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case playhouse = theatre.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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What does THEATRE mean?
THEATRE noun- A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
- A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.
- A lecture theatre.
- An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.
- A cinema.
- Drama or performance as a profession or art form.
- Any place rising by steps like the seats of a theater.