The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word EVERYMAN
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More clues leading to the result EVERYMAN
- First Mother Mary spoiled name for ordinary person
- Venery perhaps consuming mum in drama
- Leading female tracks male commoner
- Joe Bloggs‘s name very peculiar
- Joe‘s actual mother revealed in letter
- The average person from Spain — exceedingly male!
- Common person seen in theatre, very mannered
- Ordinary guy awfully overshadowed by flipping celebrity
- Eastern isle occupied by extremely common person
- He puzzled us all
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The straight part
We know that "Mystery play character" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case mystery play character = everyman.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does EVERYMAN mean?
EVERYMAN noun- In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.