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Reviews when the play’s no longer showing (4,4)

Ross

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4,4

runs over

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'reviews' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'the play's no longer showing' is the wordplay.
'the play's' becomes 'run's' (run is a kind of play).
'no' becomes 'O' (resembles 0 - 'no' can mean 'zero').
'longer showing' becomes 'ver' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'runs'+'o'+'ver'='RUNS OVER'

'when' is the link.

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(Other definitions for runs over that I've seen before include "Goes through" , "Rehearses" .)

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