Crossword Clue: Actor's audition, plainly
Here's the answer to the Actor's audition, plainly crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: TRYOUT
The answer to "Actor's audition, plainly" is TRYOUT. Tryout runs 6 letters — 2 vowels and 4 consonants — opening with T and closing on T. In a grid it fills a 6-square slot whose letters are each shared with a crossing word, so the intersections do a lot of the heavy lifting when the clue itself is tough.
Origin & meaning
A tryout is an audition in which a performer demonstrates their ability for a role. Casting directors hold tryouts to decide which actors to hire for a production.
Common usage
You'll see TRYOUT in grids regularly — its 6-letter, 2 vowels shape is exactly what setters need to bridge trickier entries. When one intersecting letter is already in place, especially the T or T, TRYOUT tends to fall fast.
Crossword trivia
Short answers like TRYOUT are the connective tissue of a crossword. You'll meet TRYOUT again and again, and recognizing it instantly is one of the quiet skills that separates fast solvers from slow ones.
Stuck on this clue?
The fastest way past a stubborn clue like this one is the grid itself: pencil in the easy crossing answers first, and TRYOUT will often be the only word that fits the letters you already have.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue TRYOUT — sometimes with a straight dictionary definition, sometimes with wordplay, a pun, or a fill-in-the-blank — but the answer itself stays the same. Learning to spot the answer behind the disguise is a core crossword skill.
Example sentences
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing TRYOUT into the grid took no time at all."
- "Tryout is the kind of answer that clicks the moment you spot one letter."
- "Seeing 'Actor's audition, plainly' in the clue list, an experienced solver pencils in TRYOUT almost immediately."