Paid to play Crossword Clue

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PAID (adjective)
1. involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby
2. yielding a fair profit
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

More USA Today Crossword (9/27/2026) Answers

Across

1. Let's do this!

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13. Shoshone woman honored on a dollar coin

14. Big dino with tiny arms

15. Shades like red, orange and yellow

16. Knock it off!

17. Keeps a low profile

18. Get ready to ask an important question, perhaps

20. Place to get a hot stone massage

21. Pub orders

22. Space bar neighbor

23. Kitty who's a Velcro pet

25. Web portal with a butterfly logo

26. Sabado o domingo

27. Pub orders

28. Be right with you

32. It might be requested on a self-date

33. Assorted collection of sweets

34. One of two roles in the game Sky Team

35. On a winning streak

36. Word after "Hoover" or "beaver"

39. Made level

41. Besmirch

42. Handout at a bistro

43. 'You betcha!'

44. ___ four (small cake)

46. Things you just have to have

47. Put your foot down?

49. Indoor plant kept small through careful pruning

51. "I live in a swamp! I put up signs! I'm a terrifying ___!"

52. "That is, in fact, the truth about me!"

53. Takes home

54. Longest-living land animal in the world

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Down

1. Place to grow your own herbs

2. High points

3. Apple varieties

4. Alter ___ (superhero's disguise)

5. "Catch you soon!"

6. "Yeah, not doing that"

7. Insignificant

8. Stand up in a studio?

9. "Dynamite" band

10. Draw for people who enjoy galleries and museums

11. Creature that's spotted outdoors

12. People living abroad, for short

13. Travels by cruise ship

15. "Last Christmas" band

19. Outfit you might experiment with?

22. Window alternative

24. Traditional floral symbol of China

26. Skrillex genre

28. "Ted Lasso" actor Sudeikis

29. Second-largest U.S. teachers union

30. "We're done already?"

31. 404, for one

32. Go from here to there in a snap

33. Branch off

34. Manning with two Super Bowl rings

36. "You Gotta Be" singer

38. Ponder

40. Alternative to credit

41. Like a chord that sounds sad or moody

42. Silences

45. Brouhaha

46. Longish skirt

48. __ Moines Iowa

50. 'I'll take that as ___'

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