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A report of playwright on the beach? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ashore

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'the beach?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a report of playwright on' is the wordplay.
'report of playwright' becomes 'sho' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'on' becomes 're' ('on' can be mean 'with reference to').
'a'+'sho'+'re'='ASHORE'

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(Other definitions for ashore that I've seen before include "Returned to land" , "Toward land from the sea" , "Toward land from water" , "Going on land from sea" , "On(to) dry land" .)

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