Award won by lead actors in this puzzle's starred films: the winners' names are hidden "word search"-style in the grid (across, down or diagonally, and forward or backward) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Award won by lead actors in this puzzle's starred films: the winners' names are hidden "word search"-style in the grid (across, down or diagonally, and forward or backward) . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is OSCAR.

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Crossword Answer For Award won by lead actors in this puzzle's starred films: the winners' names are hidden "word search"-style in the grid (across, down or diagonally, and forward or backward):

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OSCAR Award won by lead actors in this puzzle's starred films: the winners' names are hidden "word search"-style in the grid (across, down or diagonally, and forward or backward) (5)
56% MASTER Learn backward and forward (6) LA Times Daily Oct 3, 2025
56% COD Fish name hidden backwards in haddock (3) The Atlantic Sep 21, 2025
56% KYRA Name hidden backward in "Mary-Kate" (4) Universal Sep 11, 2025
50% OSCARS Film awards (6) Universal Oct 6, 2025
50% ATANANGLE Diagonally, 3 words (9)
48% PALINDROME Word, etc., that reads the same backwards and forwards (10) (10)
48% SUM The word hidden in 16-Across, e.g. (3) Universal Jul 3, 2025
48% NED Name hidden backwards in "hidden backwards" (3)
46% OMAR Name hidden in "Groucho Marx" (4) Universal Sep 27, 2025
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We found 40 solutions for Award won by lead actors in this puzzle's starred films: the winners' names are hidden "word search"-style in the grid (across, down or diagonally, and forward or backward). The top solutions are determined by popularity, ratings and frequency of searches. The most likely answer for the clue is OSCAR.

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