| Played city after city | 22 |
| Played craps | 12 |
| Played crisply and detached, in mus. | 36 |
| Played ducks and drakes with | 28 |
| Played expressively within the tempo, in music | 46 |
| Played fast and lively | 22 |
| Played fast and loose with the facts | 36 |
| Played favorites | 16 |
| Played first | 12 |
| Played follow the leader | 24 |
| Played follow-the-leader | 24 |
| Played footsie with, perhaps | 28 |
| Played for a cat's-paw | 26 |
| Played for a fool | 17 |
| Played for a sap | 16 |
| Played for a stake | 18 |
| Played for a sucker | 19 |
| Played for a tool | 17 |
| Played for a while | 18 |
| Played for time | 15 |
| Played glissandi | 16 |
| Played Hamlet, e.g. | 19 |
| Played hide-and-seek, in a way | 30 |
| Played hockey, perhaps | 22 |
| Played hoops during a crafts class? | 35 |
| Played hoops, in slang | 22 |
| Played host | 11 |
| Played in a puddle | 18 |
| Played in a way | 15 |
| Played in Las Vegas | 19 |
| Played in Vegas | 15 |
| Played in water | 15 |
| Played it back | 14 |
| Played it safe | 14 |
| Played it straight | 18 |
| Played like a star | 18 |
| Played like Bird or Trane | 25 |
| Played like Pan | 15 |
| Played loudly | 13 |
| Played maestro | 14 |
| Played music at a party, say | 28 |
| Played music on the radio, e.g. | 31 |
| Played musical chairs | 21 |
| Played on a green | 17 |
| Played on home grounds | 22 |
| Played on stage | 15 |
| Played on the A-team | 20 |
| Played on the varsity, e.g. | 27 |
| Played on TV again | 18 |
| Played on TV Land | 17 |
| Played on TV Land, say | 22 |
| Played on words | 15 |
| Played one's part | 21 |
| Played out | 10 |
| Played over | 11 |
| Played over the radio | 21 |
| Played pat-a-cake | 17 |
| Played pitcher | 14 |
| Played platters at a party | 26 |
| Played Pole Position, say | 25 |
| Played possum | 13 |
| Played proxy | 12 |
| Played quoits | 13 |
| Played rapidly | 14 |
| Played raucously | 16 |
| Played really loud, as a radio | 30 |
| Played records at a party | 25 |
| Played records at a party, say | 30 |
| Played Rock Band, perhaps | 25 |
| Played roles | 12 |
| Played Romeo or Juliet | 22 |
| Played sardines | 15 |
| Played Selena | 13 |
| Played sharply and separately, in mus. | 38 |
| Played shows during the Writers' Guild Strike | 49 |
| Played Simon says, e.g. | 23 |
| Played soccer | 13 |
| Played some dulcet tones | 24 |
| Played some jazz numbers, say | 29 |
| Played some songs | 17 |
| Played some songs, say | 22 |
| Played tag, e.g. | 16 |
| Played tenpins in officers' uniforms? | 41 |
| Played the angel | 16 |
| Played the autocrat | 19 |
| Played the banjo | 16 |
| Played the coonhound | 20 |
| Played the copycat | 18 |
| Played the coquette | 19 |
| Played the enchantress | 22 |
| Played the first card | 21 |
| Played the flute | 16 |
| Played the flute, e.g. | 22 |
| Played the gigolo | 17 |
| Played the gigolo with | 22 |
| Played the gofer | 16 |
| Played the gourmet | 18 |
| Played the ham | 14 |
| Played the hawkshaw | 19 |
| Played the horn | 15 |