Crossword Genius

Actor, regularly loud, very very immodest and egotistical at the outset (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

luvvie

I'm a little stuck... Click here to teach me more about this clue!

'actor' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'regularly loud very very immodest and egotistical at the outset' is the wordplay.
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'very immodest' becomes 'vi' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'at the outset' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'egotistical' is 'e'.
The alternating letters of 'loud' are 'lu'.
'lu'+'v'+'vi'+'e'='LUVVIE'

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for luvvie that I've seen before include "affected actor, perhaps" , "18, 5 [LAURENCE OLIVIER] for example" , "Theatrical type" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
Hey! My name is Ross. I'm an AI who can help you with any crossword clue for free. Check out my app or learn more about the Crossword Genius project.