The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TYPECAST
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TYPECAST
- Acts badly after work at keyboard getting the same parts?
- Like some players, strain on pitch
- Kind actors playing similar roles continually
- Pasty, etc, going off in pigeonhole?
- Always getting the same part of cooked pasty etc.
- Print pitch for pigeonhole
- Scatty about taking exercise? An actor might be
- Petty cash running short unfortunately? Always in the same position
- In extremes of torment, Spacey furious, given predictable roles
- Print and mould always in similar parts
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The straight part
We know that "like some actors are" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case like some actors are = typecast.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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What does TYPECAST mean?
TYPECAST verb- To cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly.
- To identify someone as being of a specific type because of their appearance, colour, religion etc.
- To cast (change of data type of a variable or object).
- To found type in a mold.