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Greek character's given thousands to act in play (4)

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Philip

M_M_?

Thank you!

Not sure? but think there`s a Greek God named GAE which plus an M for Roman numeral thousand = GAME

Ignore my last offering and try MUMS

Sorry didn`t give explanation for MUMS(having bad day!)

MU= 12th letter of Greek Alphabet
MS= Roman Numerals for thousands
MUMS= to act in a play/mumming

Regards Pauline

THANK YOU!
For the answer, and the explanation.
MUMS the word!

Sorry to appear pedantic, but whilst I agree with the trail the clue "to act" seems to ask for a verb. "Mu" plus thousands = MM, would give the verb to "Mumm", no?

Xfan, I can quite see your point but I think this clue's compiler meant the wordplay for 'thousands' to be a mix-and-match pluralised Roman M obtained by putting a latter-day S suffix on it.

Good morning to you all,

My immediate reaction when I saw this clue was that it was a verb and MIME sprang to mind.

We all agree that the 'Ms' represent thousands; the letters 'I' [iota] and 'E' [epsilon] are both Greek characters. Where this argument falls down is the position of the apostrophe which is before the 's' and not after it!

Your input would be appreciated.

Regards,

Caravaggio