### Clue: When to support actors touring independent houses (7)
### Answer: CASITAS 
 ### Explanation: Definition: houses
 AS(when, as in "when you enter the room, look around") **placed below**(to support) CAST(group of actors in a play or film) **containing**(touring) I(abbrev. for "Independent", one who is not a member of any political party).
Answer: Diminutive of "casas", Spanish for "houses".