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ACT

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACT answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ACT

Every other clue in this collection answered by ACT, most used first.

• Do something - used 232 times, most recently in 2026
• Play part - used 135 times, most recently in 2026
• Play division - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
• Take steps - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Performance - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Behave - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Pretense - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Play a role - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• Play a part - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Drama division - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a play - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Perform - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Perform in a play - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Deed - used 44 times, most recently in 2023
• Make a scene? - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Perform on stage - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Tread the boards - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Statute - used 41 times, most recently in 2018
• Pretend - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Play segment - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Charade - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Put-on - used 30 times, most recently in 2017
• Don't just sit there - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Make a move - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Step into character - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Do one's part? - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Be in a cast - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ your age!" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Take measures - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Routine - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Be decisive - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• False front - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Play part, or play a part - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Play the part - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Revue segment - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Circus routine - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Feign - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Simulate. - used 17 times, most recently in 2014
• House work - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Function. - used 15 times, most recently in 2001
• Make believe - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Opera division - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Get off the fence - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• Perform a role - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Pretend to be - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Affordable Care ___ - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Show piece - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Fake it - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Pretend to be someone you're not? - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Be a thespian - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Decree - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
• Opera part - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Perform onstage - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Piece of legislation - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Put on a show - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• __ up; misbehave - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Law - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Play a role in a film - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Role-play - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Take the stage - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Appear in a play - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Creation of Congress - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Section of a play - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Stop stalling - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Bill's possible future - used 8 times, most recently in 1992
• Bit of legislation - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Comport oneself - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Do not delay - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Don't just stand there - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• False show - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Get busy - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• It's the law - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Perform in a movie - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• SAT alternative - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Shtick - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "Sister ___" (Whoopi Goldberg film) - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Congressional statute - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Do your part - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Make a decision - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Masquerade - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Perform in a film - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Play a part, or part of a play - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Play one's part - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Take a part - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Take the initiative - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "America's Got Talent" segment - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Appear in a film - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Appear in a picture - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Circus performance - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Class __ - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Congress creation - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Facade - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Ham it up - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Misbehave (with "up") - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• __ of Congress - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Personate - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Ruse - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Stop being apathetic - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Take to the stage - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Vaudeville routine - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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• Hard water? - ICE, used 44 times
• Playing hard to get - COY, used 34 times
• Follow relentlessly - DOG, used 27 times

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