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Play, religious books and magazine (7)

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othello

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'play' is the definition.
(play by William Shakespeare)

'religious books and magazine' is the wordplay.
'religious books' becomes 'OT' (Old Testament).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'magazine' becomes 'hello' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ot'+'hello'='OTHELLO'

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(Other definitions for othello that I've seen before include "Shakespeare's tragic Moor who killed his wife" , "Literary character" , "Shakespearean role" , "He killed his wife Desdemona" , "Jealous character" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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