Actor/activist Davis

The answer

OSSIE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OSSIE answer page.

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OSSIE

Every other clue in this collection answered by OSSIE, most used first.

• Actor Davis - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
• Davis of "Do the Right Thing" - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• "Do the Right Thing" actor Davis - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Davis of "Jungle Fever" - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Davis of "Grumpy Old Men" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cotton Comes to Harlem" director Davis - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Davis of "Dr. Dolittle" - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Davis of Hollywood - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• "Grumpy Old Men" actor Davis - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Ruby Dee's hubby - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
• Davis in "Do the Right Thing" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Davis of "King" - used 6 times, most recently in 2006

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 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
• Actress Davis - GEENA, used 66 times

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