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Coming into play (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

entrance

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This clue could be a double definition.

'coming' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'play' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'into' is the link.

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(Other definitions for entrance that I've seen before include "it's common, say, for some children to sit" , "Enchant" , "Vestibule" , "Capture" , "seventeen [POSTERN], perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News and The Globe and Mail.
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