To "play" This Marsupial Is to Pretend to Be Dead

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from A Sweet Life, Group 1089, Puzzle 5 (Irish Coffee).

Question is: To "play" This Marsupial Is to Pretend to Be Dead

and the answer is: POSSUM

Word Meaning:

POSSUM — A marsupial of several families of the order Diprotodontia, found in Australia and neighboring islands.

Definitions from Wiktionary.