The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CHEKHOV
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More clues leading to the result CHEKHOV
- Be rude to seaside town where each dismisses an English dramatist
- Author on the radio to review old volume
- What we may send, say, when ordering his Uncle Vanya?
- Playwright picked up tick
- Oh heck! Poor Victor . . . . he died of TB
- Anton’s to work on his to-do list, by the sound of it
- Playwright in church sorry about end of talk on old verse
- Author of the 1 across spoken language, only half finished
- Writer caught King Henry visiting windy Hove
- An earl’s out of sauce with distilled anchovies, and his drama’s renowned!
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The straight part
We know that "Playwright" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case playwright = chekhov.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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