ACTI is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ACTI in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ACTI" answer was first appeared in "14 Mar 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Play opening (2)". It was authored by Ernie Furtado. Recently, the "ACTI" answer has been used for "30 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Opera piece". It was authored by Jeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Play opener (10)". "ACTI" appeared 116 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ACTI" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Nov 2023 | 28D | Opera piece | Jeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen |
| 5 Nov 2023 | 46D | First of five at the Globe Theatre | Rich Katz |
| 24 Oct 2023 | 53D | When Blanche meets Stanley in “A Streetcar Named Desire” | Daniel Grinberg |
| 22 Oct 2023 | 31A | Play opener | Robert Ryan |
| 18 Jun 2023 | 42A | Overture follower | Joe DiPietro |
| 16 Apr 2023 | 79D | When the curtains open | Mike Hobin |
| 1 Feb 2023 | 8D | When “Time Warp” is sung in the musical “The Rocky Horror Show” | Dan Caprera |
| 22 Jan 2023 | 13D | Start to play? | Garrett Chalfin |
| 24 Oct 2022 | 10A | When Romeo meets Juliet in “Romeo and Juliet” | Joe Rodini |
| 15 Oct 2022 | 54D | Prologue follower | John Hawksley |
| 5 Oct 2022 | 8D | Drama starter? | Jason Reich |
| 2 Sep 2022 | 53A | When Hamilton meets Burr, in “Hamilton” | Claire Rimkus |
| 22 Aug 2022 | 16A | First part of a play | Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 4 Mar 2022 | 12D | Half of “Guys and Dolls” | David Distenfeld |
| 28 Feb 2022 | 60A | Play opener | Zach Sherwin and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 17 Feb 2022 | 6D | Stage opening | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| 21 Nov 2021 | 98A | When “Alexander Hamilton” is sung in “Hamilton” | Adam Wagner |
| 21 Aug 2021 | 11D | It’s a start | Joseph Greenbaum |
| 20 Aug 2021 | 35D | Dramatic beginning | Randolph Ross |
| 17 Jan 2021 | 69D | When the Battle of Yorktown occurs in “Hamilton” | Tracy Gray and Tom Pepper |
| 6 Oct 2020 | 13A | When Hamlet sees his father’s ghost | Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 26 Jul 2020 | 84A | When Caesar is told to “Beware the ides of March” | Trenton Charlson |
| 14 Jul 2020 | 55D | Broadway opening? | Stella Zawistowski |
| 29 Jun 2020 | 3D | Intermission preceder | Peter Gordon |
| 13 Jun 2020 | 54D | Prologue follower | Trenton Charlson |
| 16 Feb 2020 | 3D | Broadway opening | Sam Ezersky |
| 22 Sep 2018 | 16A | Dramatic opening | Sam Trabucco |
| 11 Sep 2018 | 38D | Opening on Broadway? | Timothy Polin |
| 25 May 2018 | 56A | When the tempest occurs in “The Tempest” | Jeff Chen |
| 24 May 2018 | 15A | When Romeo first sees Juliet | Erik Agard and Andy Kravis |
| 7 Mar 2018 | 34D | It starts when an overture’s over | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| 30 Oct 2017 | 36D | Start of a play | Jay Kaskel |
| 23 Mar 2017 | 33A | Broadway opening | Sandy Ganzell |
| 27 Oct 2016 | 4D | It follows a curtain-raising | Milo Beckman |
| 10 Oct 2016 | 63A | Play’s start | Patrick Merrell |
| 22 Feb 2016 | 64A | Start of a play | Ed Sessa |
| 21 Jan 2016 | 7D | Play starter | David Phillips |
| 23 Nov 2015 | 33A | First part of a play | Parker Lewis |
| 13 Jul 2015 | 68A | It follows a curtain-opening | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 3 May 2015 | 46D | Opening on Broadway | Dan Schoenholz |
| 15 Dec 2014 | 17A | Play opener | Zhouqin Burnikel and Dennis Ryall |
| 7 Oct 2014 | 23A | Opening of a play | Matt Skoczen and Victor Fleming |
| 12 Aug 2014 | 32D | Prologue follower | Robyn Weintraub |
| 23 Feb 2014 | 73D | When the story begins, perhaps | A Namesake of 119-Across |
| 25 Jan 2014 | 24D | Early CliffsNotes subheading | James Mulhern |
| 19 Oct 2013 | 9D | Dramatic opening | Peter Wentz |
| 12 Aug 2013 | 31D | Play’s opening | Daniel Raymon |
| 11 Aug 2013 | 105D | When Stanley cries “Hey, Stella!” in “A Streetcar Named Desire” | Dan Schoenholz |
| 6 Aug 2012 | 5A | Start of a play | Lynn Lempel |
| 23 Jul 2012 | 24D | Play opener | Lynn Lempel |
| 20 Sep 2011 | 68A | Play opener | Daniel Raymon |
| 20 Jul 2011 | 66A | When the nude scene occurs in 10-Across | Peter A. Collins |
| 5 Apr 2011 | 51A | When Caesar is told to beware | E. J. Masicampo |
| 4 Jan 2011 | 2D | Stage opening | David Hanson |
| 14 Nov 2010 | 74A | Prologue follower | Patrick Berry |
| 8 Aug 2010 | 104D | Theater opening | Pam Klawitter |
| 27 Jun 2010 | 82A | When the tempest occurs in “The Tempest” | Michael J. Doran |
| 18 Feb 2010 | 1A | Start in literature | Caleb Madison |
| 29 Oct 2009 | 55D | Play start | Joe Krozel |
| 7 Oct 2009 | 8D | Dramatic start | Tim Wescott |
| 11 Sep 2009 | 24D | Show opening | Caleb Madison |
| 25 Aug 2009 | 44D | Play opener | Bob Johnson |
| 1 Jul 2009 | 58D | Play starter | David J. Kahn |
| 27 Jun 2008 | 51D | When Maggie calls herself “a cat on a hot tin roof” | Brad Wilber |
| 24 Dec 2007 | 33D | Play’s start | Mark Sherwood |
| 7 Oct 2007 | 38A | Start on a stage | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 5 Aug 2007 | 55A | Play opener | Caroline Leong |
| 20 May 2007 | 12D | Dramatic opening | Seth A. Abel |
| 16 Apr 2007 | 62A | When Romeo meets Juliet | Randall J. Hartman |
| 30 Mar 2007 | 28D | Broadway opening | David Quarfoot |
| 15 Feb 2007 | 60A | When the shipwreck occurs in “The Tempest” | Elizabeth Rehfeld |
| 19 Dec 2006 | 56A | It follows a curtain’s rise | Sarah Keller |
| 1 Aug 2006 | 5A | Broadway opener | David Sullivan |
| 28 Mar 2006 | 16A | Follow-up to a curtain opening | Jim Hyres |
| 19 Feb 2006 | 80A | Musical opening | Joe DiPietro |
| 14 Apr 2005 | 18A | Drama opening | David Murchie |
| 1 Feb 2005 | 4D | When Hamlet sees the ghost | Kevan Choset |
| 10 Dec 2004 | 45A | Opera synopsis heading | Frank Longo |
| 29 Sep 2004 | 32A | Play’s start | Verna Suit |
| 18 Aug 2004 | 23D | When Hamlet sees his father’s ghost | Nancy Salomon and Levi Denham |
| 14 Aug 2004 | 31D | Start of a show | Joe DiPietro |
| 15 Feb 2004 | 50D | Curtain-rising time | Derrick Niederman |
| 10 Feb 2004 | 57A | Show opener | Seth A. Abel |
| 11 Nov 2003 | 33A | Stage opening | M. Francis Vuolo |
| 28 Sep 2003 | 111D | Dramatic opening | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 31 Jul 2003 | 61A | Prologue follower | Paula Gamache |
| 2 Jul 2003 | 62D | When the witches first appear in “Macbeth” | Barbara Olson |
| 25 May 2003 | 84D | Stage opening | David J. Kahn |
| 16 Apr 2003 | 47D | When Carmen meets Don José | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 14 Jan 2003 | 37A | Play starter | Adam G. Perl |
| 4 Dec 2002 | 25D | Broadway opening? | Richard Hughes |
| 4 Nov 2002 | 29D | Start of a play | Peter Gordon |
| 29 Oct 2002 | 35D | Start of a play | Richard Hughes |
| 6 Aug 2002 | 34A | Play starter | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman |
| 1 Feb 2002 | 18A | Opening on Broadway | Pat M. Hugel |
| 12 Sep 2001 | 67A | Play opener | Philip Lew |
| 3 Aug 2001 | 42A | Broadway opener | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 25 May 2001 | 41A | Opera opener | Bob Peoples |
| 8 Apr 2001 | 113D | Play opening | Randolph Ross |
| 21 May 2000 | 82D | Dramatic beginning | Matt Gaffney |
| 25 Jan 2000 | 57D | Curtain-raising time | William S. Cotter |
| 26 Jul 1999 | 8D | Play’s opening | M. Francis Vuolo |
| 31 May 1999 | 2D | It follows a curtain-raising | Joey Crumley |
| 19 May 1999 | 58A | When King Lear disinherits Cordelia | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 10 Mar 1999 | 63D | Play opener | Wesley R. Johnson |
| 17 Jan 1999 | 80D | Opera opener | Cathy Millhauser |
| 9 Jan 1999 | 1D | Intermission preceder | Harvey Estes |
| 25 Aug 1998 | 18A | Play opener | Randy Sowell |
| 9 Aug 1997 | 50A | Overture follower | Raymond Hamel |
| 3 Jun 1997 | 36A | Play start | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| 12 Oct 1996 | 21A | Curtain-parting time | R. Norris |
| 23 Mar 1996 | 18A | Stage beginning | R. Norris |
| 21 Sep 1995 | 13A | Play’s opener | Chuck Deodene |
| 23 Jun 1995 | 48D | Pre-intermission period | Manny Nosowsky |
| 7 Dec 1994 | 10A | Script starter | Chet Currier |
| 14 Mar 1994 | 1A | Play opening | Ernie Furtado |
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