Add an element of play, maybe Crossword Clue

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PLAY (verb)
1. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
2. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
PLAY (noun)
1. a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
2. the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
ELEMENT (noun)
1. an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
2. any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter

More The Atlantic Crossword (1/25/2026) Answers

Across

1. Like the Gobi Desert

11. Amarillo pepper in Peruvian cuisine

14. "How about this ..."

16. Put into words, maybe

17. Vegetarian sushi option

18. "Get a room!" elicitor: Abbr.

19. Sulk

20. Something that might secure a four-in-hand

22. Imitate a drum, in a way

26. Sustainable material used to make sandals

27. Store that offers sound-investment advice?

30. Gusto

31. ___ Nostra

32. Quick-tempered

34. Makes a scene?

35. Take it easy, say

36. Jokers

39. Animals that youse sound like?

40. Source of a damson or mirabelle

41. Metaphorically molten part of a dessert

42. Assignment on a boarding pass

43. Goddess of childbirth

44. Who ___?

45. Transcended

47. First-day-of-school handouts

49. Like some exams

52. Architect famous for designing the Louvre pyramid

53. To be honest equivalent

58. Animal used in a Mongolian polo variant

59. Like many a Beatles fan, once

60. "___ Hates Me" (Puddle of Mudd song)

61. Got out

62. Beloved 12-Down

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Down

1. "Eureka!"

2. Gives some juice?

3. Wood alternative, for a golfer

4. It might climb indoors?

5. Traipse (about)

6. "So that's __?"

7. Erstwhile space station

8. "No, but same"

9. Neat one in The Odd Couple

10. Alma mater of Nick Carraway and Tom Buchanan

11. Selling point of AirPods?

12. Force field expert?

13. Like some phone-based purchases

15. Cram

21. Beauty treatment that uses cocoa

23. Assassination Nation actor who is also a synth-pop musician

24. Cereal advertised as "for kids" but ostensibly eaten by anyone

25. Pen name?

27. Secretly include on an email: abbr.

28. "Let's goooo!"

29. “And then...”

31. Tech company that has a focus on meditation and sleep

33. Disney princess whose hair is animated with an estimated 400,000 strands

36. "Don't get mad. Get ___." (food-storage-company slogan)

37. Jaguar, e.g.

38. Body that's always moving?

40. Dino, to the Flintstone family

42. Luxurious accommodations, maybe

44. "The Oscars of sports"

45. Some woodwinds

46. "You've got it all wrong"

48. Hater

50. Food brand that has Chop House and Prime Cuts varieties

51. Told a story

54. Type of antelope

55. "___ Como Va" (Santana hit)

56. Dont worry abt it

57. Age

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