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Regarded, say, as element of play (5)

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I believe the answer is:

scene

'element of play' is the definition.
(I know that scene part of play)

'regarded say' is the wordplay.
'regarded' becomes 'seen' (I've seen this in another clue).
'say' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'seen' sounds like 'SCENE'.

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for scene that I've seen before include "bit of an act" , "Place of an event - of the crime?" , "Division of a play" , "Division of an act" , "Landscape - tantrum" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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