Encouragement to an actor, and what this puzzle’s starred answers do Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Encouragement to an actor, and what this puzzle’s starred answers do last seen in Wall Street Journal puzzle. 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is BREAKALEG.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BREAKALEG Encouragement to an actor, and what this puzzle’s starred answers do (9) Wall Street Journal Nov 18, 2020
75% AHAMOMENT Puzzle solver's breakthrough, or what the answers to the starred clues have in common (9) LA Times Daily Aug 25, 2026
75% ACT What actors do in movies (3)
75% DIRECT Tell actors what to do (6) Universal Jul 26, 2026
72% HALFASSED Slapdash, or what the starred answers are, literally (9) Wall Street Journal Jul 1, 2026
72% ENDWITHABANG Finish dramatically, or what the answers to the starred clues do (12) LA Times Daily Jun 24, 2026
69% END Appropriate answer for this spot in the puzzle (3) The Atlantic Sep 12, 2026
69% TAKINGTHEL Accepting defeat, slangily, and what four answers in this puzzle are doing, from the answers above them (10) Wall Street Journal Jun 4, 2026
66% ARE "What -- you doing?" (3) Eugene Sheffer Sep 11, 2026
66% MAKEAMUSCLE What you do when you write in the first several letters of nine long answers in this puzzle? (11) Premier Sunday Sep 6, 2026

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