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Playwright producing page by and by (6)

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plater

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'playwright' is the definition.
(Alan Plater was an English playwright)

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(Other definitions for plater that I've seen before include "cook?" , "horse entered in minor race" , "Alan, playwright" , "Worker who coats articles with a film of metal" .)

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