Small role
The crossword clue "Small role" is answered by CAMEO, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CAMEO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAMEO answer page.
Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 7 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.
- BITPART (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for CAMEO
Every other clue in this collection answered by CAMEO, most used first.
- Carved gem - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
- Small part - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Brief appearance - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Small role for a big star - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Walk-on role - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Star's bit part - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit part - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Unbilled role - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Minor role - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Walk-on - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
- Brief role - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Carved piece of jewelry - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Bit part for a star - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Brief role for a star - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Small part for a big star - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Small bay - INLET, used 78 times
- Small-minded - PETTY, used 78 times
- Small songbirds - WRENS, used 78 times
- Small drum - TABOR, used 76 times
- Small egg - OVULE, used 73 times
- Madonna role - EVITA, used 71 times
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