Background actor
The crossword clue "Background actor" is answered by EXTRA, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. 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
EXTRA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EXTRA answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EXTRA
Every other clue in this collection answered by EXTRA, most used first.
- Additional - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Bonus - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Crowd scene actor - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Superfluous - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Spare - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Uncredited actor - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Newsboy's cry - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Surplus - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- More than required - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Uncredited cast member - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Over the top - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Special edition - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
- Add-on - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Bonus feature - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Newsboy's shout - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
- Bit player - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
- "Cast of thousands" member - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Crowd-scene participant - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- More than needed - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Actor in a crowd scene - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Added - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Supplementary - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Crowd-scene character - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- For an additional cost - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Unbilled person - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Actor Davis - OSSIE, used 149 times
- Actor Delon - ALAIN, used 108 times
- Actor Milo - OSHEA, used 102 times
- Actor Hawke - ETHAN, used 94 times
- Actor Keach - STACY, used 69 times
- Actor Quinn - AIDAN, used 68 times
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