The Clue
Actor's direction (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EXIT
Tags
Notes
The answer EXIT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
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Departure
Egress
___ interview
Leave
"No ___"
Turnoff
Cobb's "___ Laughing"
Door to the outside
Door sign
Illuminated sign
Kind of poll
Leave the scene
Leave the stage
Lighted sign
Means of egress
Parkway sign
Passage out
Ramp sign
Sartre's "No ___"
Script direction
Sign in red
Sign in a theater
Stage direction
Take off
Theater sign
Thruway sign
Tollbooth site
Way to go
Way out
Get off the road
Red-letter word
Split, so to speak
Way out sign
Where to get off
Definition
EXIT as a noun:
1. (exit, issue, outlet, way out) = an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"
2. (passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release) = euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
3. the act of going out
EXIT as a verb:
1. (exit, go out, get out, leave) = move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
2. lose the lead
3. (die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it) = pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"