| Text | Length |
| Put up a front | 14 |
| Pretend to be someone you're not | 36 |
| Play section | 12 |
| Perform in a play | 17 |
| One way to earn an Emmy | 23 |
| One of five in "Othello" | 34 |
| Malfunction, with "up" | 32 |
| Legislative product, perhaps | 28 |
| Legislative decision | 20 |
| Legal instrument | 16 |
| It may be staged | 16 |
| It may be heroic | 16 |
| Fill in (for) | 13 |
| Emulate Duse | 12 |
| Dramatic division | 17 |
| Do some lines? | 14 |
| Circus performance | 18 |
| "If you ___ now . . ." | 32 |
| "___ now!" | 20 |
| ___ up | 6 |
| Work on a Broadway stage | 24 |
| Work in a studio | 16 |
| Work in a play | 14 |
| Word with ''riot'' or ''class'' | 63 |
| Word following "riot" or "class" | 52 |
| What thespians do | 17 |
| What a brave face is sometimes | 30 |
| Volstead ___ | 12 |
| Vaudeville routine | 18 |
| Thing done | 10 |
| Talent show entrant | 19 |
| Step into character, e.g. | 25 |
| Stamp or Mann | 13 |
| Something to put on | 19 |
| Skit | 4 |
| Shakespearean segment | 21 |
| Series of scenes | 16 |
| Rise to action | 14 |
| Recite lines | 12 |
| Quit stalling | 13 |
| Pretend, in a way | 17 |
| Play the role | 13 |
| Play period | 11 |
| Play part, or play a part | 25 |
| Play a part? | 12 |
| Play a part, or play part | 25 |
| Play a character | 16 |
| Performance piece? | 18 |
| Performance part | 16 |
| Perform on a stage | 18 |
| Perform in plays | 16 |
| Operetta division | 17 |
| One-third of some plays | 23 |
| One way to enjoy being in a cast | 32 |
| Nightclub performance | 21 |
| Nightclub bit | 13 |
| Mann, for one | 13 |
| Make your move | 14 |
| Make things happen | 18 |
| Make it happen | 14 |
| Main ___ | 8 |
| It might need to be cleaned up | 30 |
| How to end up in a cast? | 24 |
| House work | 10 |
| Have work in Hollywood | 22 |
| Group of scenes | 15 |
| Get one's ass in gear | 25 |
| Follow direction? | 17 |
| Fake being | 10 |
| Exert force | 11 |
| Emulate Eastwood | 16 |
| Don't just sit | 18 |
| Dog ___, in vaudeville | 22 |
| Do summer stock | 15 |
| Do stage work | 13 |
| Do lines? | 9 |
| Do film work | 12 |
| Do a portrayal | 14 |
| Create some drama | 17 |
| Create a role | 13 |
| Congressional measure | 21 |
| Comport oneself | 15 |
| Class __ | 8 |
| Broadway play segment | 21 |
| Bestir oneself | 14 |
| Be a major player? | 18 |
| Ballet division | 15 |
| Appear in a movie | 17 |
| A play may have one | 19 |
| A fraction of some plays | 24 |
| "Hamlet" part | 23 |
| You may need to clean yours up | 30 |
| Work on Broadway | 16 |
| Work in summer stock, say | 25 |
| Work in Hollywood, perhaps | 26 |
| Work for a director | 19 |
| Work as a thespian | 18 |
| Word with Stamp or Riot | 23 |
| Word with class | 15 |
| Word after sex or riot | 22 |
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