Drink one in play(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Drink one in play”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 4th September 2025.

The answer is

D R A M A

5 letters · most recently seen on 4th September 2025

Other clues that solve to DRAMA

The same answer often re-appears with different clues over the years. Tap a clue to open its answer page, or the date to jump straight to that day's puzzle.

#20 across Play (5) 9th August 2026
#1 across Play (5) 18th June 2026
#30 across Play (5) 7th June 2026
#12 across Play (5) 12th February 2026
#7 down More than one could be produced in Madras (5) 29th December 2025
#13 down Play (5) 3rd December 2025
#22 down Play (5) 20th October 2025
#31 across Play (5) 8th September 2025
#6 down Drink one in play (5) 4th September 2025
#33 down A drink before the play (5) 15th August 2025
#7 down A play (5) 11th August 2025
#7 down Play (5) 30th October 2024
#7 down Play (5) 16th October 2024
#30 across Play (5) 3rd October 2024
#30 across Play (5) 18th January 2024
#7 down Play (5) 3rd November 2023
#19 down Play (5) 8th September 2023
#36 across Play a doctor and a master (5) 21st August 2023
#10 across Result of doctoring a master play? (5) 26th April 2023
#1 across Play (5) 21st April 2023
#30 across Play (5) 7th September 2022
#16 across Play (5) 16th May 2022
#2 down Play (5) 25th March 2022
#1 down Stage play (5) 30th December 2021
#12 across Play (5) 15th July 2021
#2 across Play (5) 30th June 2021
#20 across Play (5) 12th April 2021
#1 across Play (5) 28th January 2021
#30 across Play (5) 13th January 2021
#33 down A drink before the play (5) 14th August 2020
#12 across Play (5) 5th August 2020
#7 down More than one could be produced in Madras (5) 3rd August 2020
#13 down Play (5) 16th July 2020
#13 down Play (5) 19th May 2020
#41 across Play (5) 1st May 2020
#22 down Play (5) 18th March 2020
#6 down Drink one in play (5) 3rd February 2020
#31 across Play (5) 27th January 2020
#33 across A play (5) 24th October 2019
#2 down Drink with heavy heart, if only in play (5) 27th June 2019

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Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 4th September 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

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#3 across Was able to start up in frosty conditions (5)
#4 down Conform with honour on May 3 (4)
#5 down Scottish landmark with a bit missing (6)
#7 down Existing by begging, having lost a horse (5)
#8 across It's long, pretty thin, but could be comic (5)
#9 down The odd bit of crumpet (3)
#10 across Prepared possibly to read about an Ian Fleming character (5)
#11 across Vehicle wrecked by Ted (3)