ACT - NYT Crossword Clue & Answer

ACT is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ACT in NYT Crossword from 1994.

This "ACT" answer was first appeared in "23 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Don’t just sit there (4)". It was authored by Charles M. Deber. Recently, the "ACT" answer has been used for "7 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "One of five in a Shakespeare play". It was authored by Kevin Curry and Daniel Bodily. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hints: "Do something (13)", "Make a scene? (7)", "Take steps (14)", "Pretense (8)", "Behave (6)". "ACT" appeared 274 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ACT" word.

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
7 Nov 2023	49A	One of five in a Shakespeare play	Kevin Curry and Daniel Bodily
1 Nov 2023	22A	Role-play	Steve Weyer
4 Oct 2023	10D	Do something	Gary Larson
1 Oct 2023	55D	Do something	Jeffrey Lease
24 Sep 2023	41A	“America’s Got Talent” segment	Joel Fagliano and Christina Iverson
18 Sep 2023	9D	Have a part in a play	Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels
19 Aug 2023	41A	Routine	David P. Williams
20 Jul 2023	1D	Do something	Drew Schmenner
15 Jun 2023	7D	Exam that many take in H.S.	David Harris
29 May 2023	32A	Play component	Katie Hale and Zachary David Levy
7 Dec 2022	34D	Do something	Karen Steinberg
10 Nov 2022	46A	Sham	Dan Caprera
3 Nov 2022	39A	Exam taken by many jrs.	Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen
13 Oct 2022	32A	It may be hard to follow	Lewis Rothlein
11 Oct 2022	7D	Do one’s part?	Ailee Yoshida
26 Sep 2022	36A	Do something	Margaret Seikel
15 Aug 2022	31A	Civil Rights ___ of 1964	Simon Marotte
20 May 2022	58D	Charade	Hal Moore
17 May 2022	10D	Not just sit around daydreaming	Richard D. Allen
22 Apr 2022	11D	See 18-Down	Daniel Sheremeta
18 Mar 2022	8D	The musical “Come From Away” has one	Claire Rimkus and Brooke Husic
20 Feb 2022	73A	Charade	Victor Barocas
14 Feb 2022	14D	Part of a play	Alan Siegel
5 Feb 2022	41A	Part of a play group?	Kameron Austin Collins
25 Jan 2022	38A	University entrance exam, for short	Ray Brunsberg and Ellen Brunsberg
12 Dec 2021	65D	One of two in “Hamilton”	Daniel Okulitch and Doug Peterson
2 Dec 2021	3D	One may be tough to follow	Rebecca Goldstein
20 Oct 2021	35A	Dramatic segment	David W. Tuffs
12 Aug 2021	51A	See 34-Across	Jake Halperin
18 Jun 2021	1D	Enter the picture?	Daniel Larsen
10 Jun 2021	24D	___ Up, political group formed in response to the AIDS crisis	Sheldon Polonsky
8 May 2021	11A	III, e.g., in “Richard III”	David Steinberg
28 Mar 2021	22D	Juggling or magic, in a talent show	Olivia Mitra Framke
24 Feb 2021	13D	Broadway division	Andrew J. Ries
16 Feb 2021	11A	Do something	Johanna Fenimore
3 Feb 2021	29A	Do something	Yacob Yonas
13 Jan 2021	45A	Variety show segment	Matthew Stock
1 Jan 2021	63D	Do one’s part?	Milo Beckman
10 Nov 2020	52A	Group of scenes	Robert Fisher
24 Sep 2020	54A	Charade	Trenton Charlson
4 Sep 2020	7A	Theater section	Brian Thomas
16 Aug 2020	90A	Make a move	Francis Heaney
16 Jul 2020	45D	Not just think	Evan Kalish
9 Jul 2020	31D	Quit stalling	Joe Kidd
30 Jun 2020	29D	Not sit idly by	Zachary David Levy
3 Jun 2020	23D	Be effective	Johanna Fenimore
23 May 2020	11D	Word often followed by a Roman numeral	Wyna Liu and Erik Agard
24 Mar 2020	7D	Not just stand there	Olivia Mitra Framke
18 Feb 2020	22D	Something a false person puts on	John Guzzetta
21 Nov 2019	52D	Pretense	Aimee Lucido
20 Nov 2019	1A	Univ. entrance exam	Erik Agard
19 Sep 2019	43A	Show piece	David Kwong
17 Sep 2019	5D	Make a scene?	Paul Coulter
10 Sep 2019	29D	___ of Congress	Ethan Cooper
8 Sep 2019	123D	Take steps	Joe DiPietro
8 Aug 2019	6D	Be dramatic?	Timothy Polin
6 Jun 2019	68A	Samuel Beckett’s “Endgame” has one	Fred Piscop
31 May 2019	50A	Not twiddle one’s thumbs	Sam Ezersky
19 Apr 2019	49A	It’s not for real	Caleb Madison
8 Oct 2018	26D	Make a scene?	Jacob Stulberg
21 Sep 2018	57D	Make believe	Zhouqin Burnikel
2 Jul 2018	6A	Play a role onstage	Evan Kalish
27 Jun 2018	4D	Law	Ned White
20 Apr 2018	53D	A.C.A. part	Joel Fagliano
16 Apr 2018	20A	Play a role	David Woolf
6 Mar 2018	31D	One of two in “Waiting for Godot”	Bruce Greig
22 Jan 2018	10D	One of two in “Hamilton”	Paolo Pasco
21 Jan 2018	64D	Pretense	Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis
10 Jan 2018	39D	SAT alternative	Sen. Joe Donnelly and Michael S. Maurer
29 Dec 2017	4D	You might clean yours up or put one on	David Steinberg
26 Dec 2017	33A	Perform in a play	Peter Gordon
20 Dec 2017	54D	“___ now!” (infomercial phrase)	Talitha Randall
20 Nov 2017	31A	Law	Peter Gordon
14 Sep 2017	1D	It’s the law	John Guzzetta
10 Sep 2017	117D	Do something	Brendan Emmett Quigley
27 Jul 2017	35D	“Hamlet” division	Jeffrey Wechsler
20 Jul 2017	19A	Make a scene	Randolph Ross
14 Jul 2017	5D	Do one’s part	Patrick Berry
28 May 2017	89D	Part of a musical	Andrew Zhou
3 Apr 2017	49A	Have a part in a play	Agnes Davidson and Zhouqin Burnikel
25 Mar 2017	20A	False modesty, e.g.	Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg
7 Feb 2017	5A	With 15-Across, “Don’t delay!”	Finn Vigeland
23 Jan 2017	30D	Coll. entrance exam	Bruce Haight
15 Jan 2017	55A	Behave	Joel Fagliano
7 Dec 2016	1A	One of two in “Hamilton”	David Steinberg
24 Nov 2016	11A	Piece of legislation	Brian J. MacDonald
13 Nov 2016	60D	Patriot ___	Joel Fagliano
20 Oct 2016	63D	Pretense	Alan Arbesfeld
2 Sep 2016	31D	Just do it	David Liben-Nowell
29 Jul 2016	30A	Don’t delay	John Guzzetta
27 Jul 2016	42A	Vegas performance	Natan Last, Finn Vigeland and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
1 Jun 2016	25D	Don’t just sit there	Wren Schultz
1 May 2016	112D	Exam with a Science Reasoning section	Joel Fagliano and Byron Walden
28 Apr 2016	1D	Perform	Kurt Krauss
13 Oct 2015	32D	Parliamentary output	Patrick Berry
12 Aug 2015	60A	Have a part	Tom McCoy
10 May 2015	54A	Put-on	Jacob Stulberg
12 Apr 2015	103A	A.C.A. part	Jeff Chen
23 Mar 2015	55A	Get in on the ___	Michael Dewey
22 Mar 2015	87A	Seem	Jeremy Newton
9 Mar 2015	51A	Statute	Debbie Ellerin
8 Mar 2015	1A	Exploit, e.g.	Tom McCoy
1 Jan 2015	1D	House work?	Jill Denny and Jeff Chen
26 Dec 2014	1A	Take measures	Patrick Berry
11 Dec 2014	1A	Have a role to play	Joe DiPietro
6 Dec 2014	19A	“No Exit” has one	Josh Knapp
18 Nov 2014	11D	One may be hard to follow	Jacob McDermott
17 Nov 2014	4D	Play a role	Tom McCoy
11 Sep 2014	41A	False show	Patrick Blindauer
1 Aug 2014	22D	Be part of the picture	Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern
9 Jun 2014	32A	Perform in a play	Tom McCoy
12 May 2014	47D	Statute	Gary Cee
5 Mar 2014	61A	Create some drama	Evan Birnholz
30 Sep 2013	2D	Circus performance	Ian Livengood
17 Sep 2013	43D	Play part	Peter A. Collins
23 Jul 2013	46A	Play charades	Jean O’Conor
19 Jun 2013	23D	Comport oneself	Richard F. Mausser
17 Feb 2013	27A	What a faker may put on	Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
23 Jan 2013	24A	See 23-Across	Joel Fagliano
9 Jan 2013	61D	Insincere display	David Ben-Merre
6 Oct 2012	24A	You may need to clean yours up	Steve Salitan
20 Aug 2012	49A	Be a thespian	Robert Cirillo
12 Aug 2012	82D	Vegas attraction	Patrick Berry
16 Mar 2012	33D	Charade	Joel Fagliano
7 Mar 2012	13D	Malfunction, with “up”	Elizabeth C. Gorski
13 Jan 2012	49D	Do one’s part?	Todd Gross and Doug Peterson
10 Jan 2012	37D	Part of a play	Gary Cee
24 Dec 2011	53D	Be part of the picture	Ned White
11 Oct 2011	27D	Play a role	Ed Sessa
4 Oct 2011	50A	Bit of song and dance, e.g.	Dan Feyer
19 Sep 2011	49A	Pretend	Julian Lim
3 Jun 2011	6D	More than talk	Jeffrey Wechsler
8 Dec 2010	22A	“___ natural”	Mike Nothnagel
12 Nov 2010	61D	Put-on	Barry C. Silk
12 Jul 2010	32A	“___ your age!”	Freddie Cheng
17 May 2010	20A	“Clean up your ___!”	Jay Kaskel
7 Feb 2010	4D	Play a part	Patrick Berry
19 Jan 2010	33A	One of five in “Julius Caesar”	Zoe Wheeler
7 Jan 2010	56D	Don’t just sit there	Xan Vongsathorn
5 Nov 2009	62A	Pretense	Patrick Blindauer
18 Sep 2009	39A	See 43-Across	Charles E. Gersch
22 Aug 2009	61D	Performance piece?	Karen M. Tracey
23 Jul 2009	67D	Not delay	Gary & Stephen Kennedy
12 May 2009	48A	Take steps	Wayne and P. K. King
23 Mar 2009	26A	Play a part	Randy Sowell
29 Dec 2008	35A	Series of scenes	Kevin Donovan
28 Dec 2008	125A	Behave	Patrick Berry
14 Dec 2008	65D	Fill in (for)	Trip Payne
13 Dec 2008	14D	Production part	Frank Longo
9 Dec 2008	56D	Deed	C. W. Stewart
12 Oct 2008	108A	Be in a cast	Rich Norris
18 Aug 2008	47A	Collection of scenes	Paula Gamache
6 Jun 2008	1D	What a scene is seen in	Ashish Vengsarkar
29 May 2008	6D	Do something dramatic	John Farmer
3 Mar 2008	10A	Series of scenes	C. W. Stewart
18 Jan 2008	56D	With 57-Down, commercial entreaty	Trip Payne
17 Nov 2007	19A	Make a scene?	Brad Wilber
26 Oct 2007	58D	See 55-Down	David Quarfoot
16 Oct 2007	10D	Follow direction?	Michael Kaplan
10 Sep 2007	33A	Play part	Edward M Sessa
24 Aug 2007	52D	Work within a company, say	Patrick Berry
25 Jul 2007	41A	Take steps	Ed Early
27 May 2007	7D	Stage entertainment	Patrick Berry
6 May 2007	79A	“___ now!”	Charles M. Deber
18 Mar 2007	89A	The whole song and dance?	Craig Kasper
5 Nov 2006	74D	It’s the law	Derrick Niederman
14 Aug 2006	33D	Do something	Gene Newman
11 Apr 2006	30D	Don’t just sit there	Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
30 Mar 2006	11A	Stop stalling	Richard Silvestri
28 Feb 2006	39A	Play a part	Jim Hyres
25 Feb 2006	55A	Series of articles, maybe	Henry Hook
1 Nov 2005	23A	It may be passed on the Hill	Sarah Keller
25 Apr 2005	32A	Take steps	Alison Donald
10 Apr 2005	105D	It’s been passed	Elizabeth C. Gorski
20 Jan 2005	1A	Appear	Manny Nosowsky
19 Dec 2004	94D	Take steps	Frances Hansen (1919-2004)
23 Sep 2004	30D	Do one’s part?	Jerry E. Rosman
2 Jun 2004	23A	Play one’s part	Nancy Salomon
18 Apr 2004	8D	“___ now!”	Richard Chisholm
15 Apr 2004	5D	Make a scene?	Manny Nosowsky
12 Apr 2004	42D	Malfunction, with “up”	Gail Grabowski
9 Apr 2004	19A	Front	Bob Peoples
2 Apr 2004	57D	Do lines?	Gilbert H. Ludwig
28 Feb 2004	47A	Be in a cast	Byron Walden
31 Dec 2003	24A	Take effect	Alan Arbesfeld
27 Nov 2003	61D	With 62-Down, be demure	Joe DiPietro
14 Sep 2003	47D	Cleanup target?	Cathy Millhauser
27 Aug 2003	13D	Pretense	Manny Nosowsky
28 Jul 2003	31A	“___ your age!”	Gregory E. Paul
28 May 2003	59D	Do something	Alan Arbesfeld
16 Mar 2003	15D	Make a scene?	Elizabeth C. Gorski
7 Jan 2003	57D	Play part	Peter Gordon
4 Oct 2002	29D	It separates two breaks	Martin Ashwood-Smith
11 Jun 2002	30A	Part of a play	Nancy Kavanaugh
8 Jan 2002	1D	Play part	Janet R. Bender
11 Jun 2001	7D	Misbehave, with “up”	Gregory E. Paul
3 Jun 2001	100A	Make a scene?	Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon
17 May 2001	14A	See 46-Across	David J. Kahn
9 Apr 2001	66A	Do not delay	Mel and Peggy Rosen
4 Apr 2001	41D	Function	Alan Arbesfeld
25 Feb 2001	44A	Show piece?	Greg Staples
18 Feb 2001	9D	Not hesitate	David J. Kahn
1 Feb 2001	10D	Take steps	Frances Hansen
27 Nov 2000	38A	Play a role	Nancy Salomon and Marjorie Berg
27 Sep 2000	34A	Tread the boards	Fred Piscop
25 Aug 2000	25A	It may be hard to follow	Elizabeth C. Gorski
19 May 2000	30A	Undertaking	Martin Ashwood-Smith
24 Apr 2000	58A	Do film work	Peter Gordon
9 Feb 2000	6A	Take measures	Charles E. Gersch
8 Feb 2000	50A	Take steps	Fred Piscop
31 Jan 2000	17A	Perform in plays	Peter Gordon
28 Dec 1999	23A	Do something	Randall J. Hartman
3 Dec 1999	58D	Make a move	Martin Ashwood-Smith
2 Aug 1999	6D	Play a role	Stephanie Spadaccini
15 Jul 1999	4D	Feign	Zack Butler
4 Jul 1999	116D	Be in a cast	Greg Staples
15 Jun 1999	61D	Deed	Stephanie Spadaccini
7 May 1999	9D	Show piece?	Dana Motley
26 Apr 1999	33A	Deed	Robert Dillman
8 Mar 1999	36D	Have work in Hollywood	Gregory E. Paul
22 Feb 1999	4D	One of five in “Othello”	Gregory E. Paul
2 Feb 1999	41A	Behave	Norma Steinberg
14 Oct 1998	35D	Take steps	Jay Sullivan
16 Sep 1998	8D	Play piece	Richard Silvestri
3 Sep 1998	1A	It may be staged	Manny Nosowsky
30 Aug 1998	105D	Take steps	John Wolting
4 Aug 1998	34D	Do something	Janet R. Bender
11 Jun 1998	30A	Operate	Randall J. Hartman
21 May 1998	33A	It’s the law	Cathy Millhauser
1 May 1998	49D	Take steps	John Wolting
15 Apr 1998	24A	“If you ___ now…”	Michael S. Maurer
31 Mar 1998	52A	Take a part	Alan Arbesfeld
29 Mar 1998	28D	Do something	Robert H. Wolfe
15 Mar 1998	80D	Masquerade	Frank Longo
15 Feb 1998	13D	Decree	Rich Norris
1 Oct 1997	1D	Play the part	Elizabeth C. Gorski
26 Aug 1997	27A	Do film work	Stephanie Spadaccini
21 Aug 1997	5A	Make a move	Martin Ashwood-Smith
20 Jul 1997	8A	Behave	Rich Norris
28 Jun 1997	57D	Fake it	Bob Klahn
21 Jun 1997	6D	Pretense	Gerald R. Ferguson
27 Apr 1997	11D	Show biz group	Matt Gaffney
28 Jan 1997	14A	Play the part	E. C. Gorski
24 Dec 1996	10D	Take steps	E. C. Gorski
22 Dec 1996	31A	Take steps	F. Hansen
29 Oct 1996	36D	Dramatize, with “out”	R. J. Hartman
16 Jul 1996	42A	Shtick	R. Hamel
14 Jul 1996	55A	Produce an effect, as medicine	J. Schmalzbach
21 May 1996	45A	Play part	J. Schmalzbach
17 May 1996	62D	Routine	J. DiPietro
2 May 1996	22D	Feign	D. J. Kahn
9 Apr 1996	6D	Pretense	M. E. Skolsky
30 Mar 1996	19A	Charade	D. R. Stark
26 Mar 1996	5D	It precedes “of God” or “of war”	J. S. Marrone
24 Mar 1996	91A	“___now…”	J. K. Brill
6 Mar 1996	46A	Not be passive	N. S. Ross
22 Feb 1996	27D	Shtick	C. Deodene
19 Feb 1996	51A	Take steps	T. W. Schier
20 Jul 1995	49A	Pretend	Gerald R. Ferguson
30 Jun 1995	58D	Pretense	Rich Norris
25 Jun 1995	8D	Take steps	Frances Hansen
18 Jun 1995	48D	Behave	Rich Norris
25 Jan 1995	65D	Behave	Norma Steinberg
24 Jan 1995	57A	Perform	Richard Hughes
25 Nov 1994	59D	Get busy	Daniel R. Stark
19 Oct 1994	26D	Not wait	D.J. Listort
16 Sep 1994	53A	Take measures	Randolph Ross
9 Jul 1994	27A	It might need to be cleaned up	Gerald R. Ferguson
29 May 1994	79A	“___ now!”	Janet R. Bender
7 May 1994	21A	Do	Bryant White
15 Apr 1994	44D	Shtick	Cathy Millhauser
29 Mar 1994	50A	Performance	Mark Danna
7 Mar 1994	1D	Part of a play	Alex K. Justin
23 Jan 1994	109D	Don’t just sit there	Charles M. Deber

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