The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 4 letter word STAGE DOOR
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result STAGE DOOR
- Actor's exit stumped old men packing circle
- Company access good rates at sea
- . Put on spectacles finally for actors’ entrance
- Cast out from here?
- Actor’s way-out and eccentric, so great when holding party
- Players’ entrance, where male journalist and Australian native turned up
- Way in which actors use sources, coming up with content that’s old
- Step and cross over entrance to 26
- Cast dares to go and sign autographs here?
- A good place to see the stars come out
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The straight part
We know that "sign autographs here" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sign autographs here = stage door.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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