Showed initiative
The crossword clue "Showed initiative" is answered by ACTED, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ACTED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACTED answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ACTED
Every other clue in this collection answered by ACTED, most used first.
- Played a role - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Took steps - used 62 times, most recently in 2025
- Played a part - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Performed - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Behaved - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Trod the boards - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Performed on stage - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Performed in a play - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Did something - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Made a scene? - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Took measures - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Played the part - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Took a part - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Functioned - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Didn't dillydally - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Didn't just sit there - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Didn't sit by - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Pretended - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Did one's part? - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Did summer stock - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Pretended to be - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Appeared on stage - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Feigned - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Had a role to play - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Hammed it up - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Was part of a cast - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Showed again - RERAN, used 99 times
- Showed over - RERAN, used 62 times
- Showed again on TV - RERAN, used 36 times
- Showed on TV - AIRED, used 31 times
- Showed sudden interest - SATUP, used 27 times
- Showed interest - SATUP, used 19 times
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