Roast figure
The crossword clue "Roast figure" is answered by EMCEE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EMCEE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EMCEE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EMCEE
Every other clue in this collection answered by EMCEE, most used first.
- Host - used 142 times, most recently in 2026
- Roast host - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
- Game show host - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Banquet host - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Show host - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Toastmaster - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Game leader - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Run the show - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Awards show host - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- TV host - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Pageant host - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Host at a roast - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Event host - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Game host - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Host a roast - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Mike holder - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Talk-show host - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Act introducer - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Show runner - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Trebek or Sajak - used 13 times, most recently in 2010
- Quizmaster - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
- "And now ..." sayer - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Intro maker - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Man with a mike. - used 10 times, most recently in 1999
- Master of ceremonies - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
- One who rules the roast - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Comedy club host - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Ceremony host - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Mic holder - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Party leader - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Awards night host - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Intro giver - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Man at the mike - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Joel Grey, in "Cabaret" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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