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Feign disinterest in difficult drama (4,4,2,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

play hard to get

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'drama' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Baffling drama' mean 'play hard to get' so perhaps 'drama' could also mean 'play hard to get')

'feign disinterest in difficult' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'feign' could be 'play' (playing is a kind of feigning) and 'play' is located in the answer.
'difficult' could be 'hard' (synonyms) and 'hard' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for play hard to get that I've seen before include "Act coy, hoping to increase one's appeal" , "Feign unwillingness to cooperate in order to strengthen one's position" , "Feign lack of interest" , "Feign reluctance" , "Make a show of unwillingness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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