American Beauty Actress Bening

Rated easy due to short, common word.

• 💡Contains double letters: N, T. Double letters in crossword answers often trip up solvers who don't account for repeated characters.
• 💡Despite having 7 letters, this word would only score 7 points in Scrabble — it's made up of very common letters.

• •The answer starts with the letter "A" and ends with "E". If you have either of these from crossing clues, it narrows down the possibilities significantly.
• •This is a 7-letter answer. Try entering the pattern A?????E in our pattern search to find it and similar words.
• •With 3 vowels in this 7-letter word, you may be able to identify vowel positions from intersecting answers and work outward.
• •This clue is concise and direct. Consider both literal and figurative meanings of the words used.

Complete list of clues and answers from the same puzzle as Annette.