Pays to play Crossword Clue

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Pays to play Crossword Answer

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ANTESUP

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

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

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

ANTESUP
(7 letters)

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
ETNAS

More LA Times Crossword (9/2/2026) Answers

Across

1. Rascal

6. With 30-Across, FIFA women's powerhouse

10. Rip-off

14. Green growth in a pond

15. Rotating shaft

16. Salt-N-Pepa, e.g.

17. 1990s grunge icon

19. Learning tools

20. Manatee habitat

21. Ray of McDonald's history

22. General locations

23. Some street food vendors

26. VEX creations

29. Make a choice

30. See 6-Across

33. Azerbaijan neighbor

34. Right-hand page

36. Only word spoken in "Silent Movie"

37. Going the faster way, hopefully

41. Former quarterback Manning

42. 1/16 of a pound

43. 2026 "Legally Blonde" prequel

44. Taxpayer ID

45. Sweet!

46. Make a value judgment

48. Easy A's

52. Result of haste in an adage

54. Colossal

55. Prefix with -tainment

58. So much

59. Judge's directive, or a feature of each set of circled letters?

62. Junction point

63. Hayride seat, say

64. "All sales are __"

65. Beloved

66. Scrabble board symbol covered in the first play of the game

67. Young horses

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Down

1. Fifth Avenue retailer

2. Game with secret passages

3. Taj Mahal city

4. Yoga surface

5. Eat like a bird

6. Frowned upon

7. Spot-on

8. Legend in the ring

9. Big boys

10. Severely plain

11. Throws in the towel

12. Verdi opera

13. Green growth in a terrarium

18. Middle-earth monsters

22. Many a Hollywood Walk of Fame honoree

23. "Un-Break My Heart" singer Braxton

24. Swiss pharmaceutical giant

25. As many as

26. Ceremonial events

27. Spoken exams

28. Science fair volcano ingredient

31. Spiritual essences

34. Total stranger

35. Key near F1

38. América del __: México's continent

39. Green dip, briefly

40. Model/activist Holliday

46. Helper (Abbr.)

47. Trigger, as an alarm

49. Total

50. Throat dangler

51. More uncommon

52. Steam __: latte-making gadget

53. Sunburn treatment

55. "Giant" novelist Ferber

56. Works for me!

57. Web addresses

59. "48 Hours" airer

60. Breakfast bit that might soak overnight

61. Home of Sugarloaf Mountain

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