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The actors take a bow

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Sentence 1 The director's decision to cut only the critic's daughter's lines struck the cast as ____. (10 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents vengeful, spiteful, retaliatory

Sentence 2 The director called the refusal ____ even after the stunt crew proved the jump was unsafe. (6 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents cowardly, fainthearted, timorous

Sentence 3 The understudy refused to remain ____ and asked for a rehearsal of her own. (7 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents inactive, unassertive, acquiescent

Sentence 4 The company's ____ prankster hid the same rubber mouse under the same prop for a fifth night. (12 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents unreformable, inveterate, unmanageable

Sentence 5 An argument over top billing seemed ____ at a benefit for the closed theater. (8 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents improper, unbecoming, inappropriate

Sentence 6 The cast's ____ grew when the program gave the stage crew no credit. (11 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents outrage, resentment, ire

Sentence 7 Nobody in the front row could predict what would ____ once the two rival actors shared the stage. (9 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents occur, happen, unfold

Sentence 8 With one last ____ of his cape, the actor dropped neatly through the trapdoor. (8 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents sweep, gesture, embellishment