The Clue
Mork or Mindy (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ROLE
Tags
Notes
The answer ROLE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 50 puzzles.
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Leading ___
Part
Portrayal
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Actor's ambition
Actor's concern
Actor's part
Auditioner's goal
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Cast assignment
Credits listing
Film part
Fletcher, to Lansbury
Hamlet or Ophelia
Histrio's need
Lead, e.g.
Lead, perhaps
Part for Jannings
Part to play
Performance part
Play part
Play thing?
Reader's goal
Rocky, to Stallone
Stage part
Capone, to De Niro
Dirty Harry, to Eastwood
Hoffman's Tootsie, e.g.
Macbeth or Lady Macbeth
Prescribed pattern of behavior
Rose Murphy, e.g.
Dr. Zhivago, to Omar Sharif
Gwenn's Kringle in a 1947 film
Gen. Patton, to George C. Scott
God, for George Burns or Morgan Freeman
Definition
ROLE as a noun:
1. (function, office, part, role) = the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
2. (character, role, theatrical role, part, persona) = an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"
3. (function, purpose, role, use) = what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
4. normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting; "what is your role on the team?"