Mess about, as one might in Shakespeare play? (3,3,4)
I believe the answer is:
act the fool
'mess about' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'one might in shakespeare play?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'play?' could be 'act' (playing is a kind of acting) and 'act' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'as' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for act the fool that I've seen before include "Don't be serious!" , "Play part in Lear" , "Take part in King Lear" , "Behave in a silly way" , "That's to be reckless" .)