One acting rather quiet?

The answer to “One acting rather quiet?” in the New York Times crossword is MIME — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 8, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 55-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“One acting rather quiet?” answer

MIME (4 letters)

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Why the answer is MIME

MIME is the 4-letter solution that fits "One acting rather quiet?" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 8, 2026 (55-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does MIME mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of MIME is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “One acting rather quiet?” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

April 8, 2026 (most recent) → MIME. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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