Director's call
The crossword clue "Director's call" is answered by ACTION, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ACTION
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACTION answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- LIGHTS (1 uses in xd)
- LIGHTSCAMERAACTION (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ACTION
Every other clue in this collection answered by ACTION, most used first.
- Director's cry - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- "Lights, camera, __!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Director's shout - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Film genre - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Director's word - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
Related clues
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- Square dance call - DOSIDO, used 19 times
- Call for - ENTAIL, used 16 times
- Call off - CANCEL, used 13 times
- Distress call - MAYDAY, used 13 times
- Call forth - ELICIT, used 12 times
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