The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 5 letter word DRAMA QUEEN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result DRAMA QUEEN
- Hamlet’s mother, say, is one that’s shown stagy performance?
- Drink a quart and careen, half-cut: who’ll worry?
- Histrionic sort of monkey, shaking off a cold in Arden, perhaps
- She goes over the top to get role of Titania
- Play group prima donna?
- One who’s often overly emotional in play group
- Drink a quart and careen, half-cut: who'll worry?
- Shakespeare’s Cleopatra?
- Dear me, an absurd question breaks overemotional responder
- One prone to histrionics in play group
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The straight part
We know that "One who’s often overly emotional" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one who’s often overly emotional = drama queen.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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