The Clue
Met zealot (7 letter answer)
The Answer
STANDEE
Tags
Notes
The answer STANDEE is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 650 puzzles.
Related Clues
Straphanger
Latecomer, perhaps
One in an S.R.O. audience
S.R.O. patron
S.R.O. spectator
Victim of S.R.O.
One who's unseated?
An attendee at an S.R.O. show
Full-house latecomer
Impecunious opera buff
Latecomer to a theater, maybe
Theater patron, at times
A true opera buff
One who envies the sitter?
Late arrival at an S.R.O. show
Rider on a crowded bus, maybe
Rush-hour bus rider
Last-minute ticket acquirer, maybe
Definition
STANDEE as a noun:
1. someone who stands in a place where one might otherwise sit (as a spectator who uses standing room in a theater or a passenger on a crowded bus or train); "the allowed number of standees is posted"
2. a lifesize cardboard cutout (usually of a celebrity); "he had his picture taken with a standee of the president"