Movie puzzle (June 2020)

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Each eight-letter answer, an English word or phrase, also happens to be a movie title and needs to be entered into the grid across the way, 1 to 8

Each answer in the puzzle features a star, a circle, and a letter. Once you've got all the answers, further eight-letter movie titles will be revealed in these starred, circled and lettered squares.

A further clue to help you are the names of the directors of each film. This extra help may be highlighted and revealed if you need it.

CLUES

1. A short break from elementary study (4,4)

2. A small break of a different kind (8)

3. Who it is all for, when it's worthless (3,5)

4. Especially punning, but also other forms of lexical wit (8)

5. 90s TV show with Anderson and the Hoff (8)

6. Portending evil, harm, or trouble (8)

7. Canine off its leash, running wild (5,3)

8. Delectable, or to make the ultimate sacrifice (2,3,3)

DIRECTORS

1. Jacque Tati

2. Gregory Hobilt

3. Alfred Hitchcock

4. Patrick Creadon

5. Seth Gordon

6. Scott Derrickson

7. Akira Kurosawa

8. Gus Van Sant

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Movie puzzle (October 2019)

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The answer to each clue happens to also be a seven-letter movie title. When you've answered all the clues, three other seven-letter movie titles will be revealed in the starred, the circled, and the lettered squares.

1. A sign a hotel still has a room

2. Sandy stretches and banks with pebbles

3. A member of the United States Marine Corps, informally

4. A ballroom dance style that comes before golf?

5. TVs teenage witch

6. They can't learn new tricks

7. Shakespeare character who killed Desdemona

A final test of your film buff mettle: One of the three secret movie titles does not belong. Which one, and why?

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Movie puzzle (September 2019)

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The answer to each clue happens to also be a six-letter movie title. When you've answered all the clues, two other six-letter movie titles will be revealed in the starred and circled squares.

1. E.T. and Stitch, for example

2. City of God (2002) and Fast Five (2011) setting

3. What you yell when you want someone to leave the room or what you exclaim when news surprises you

4. Title character in Lew Wallace's 1880 novel and a measure of comparative enormity and extravagance

5. Rise to the challenge and move a little closer to the top of the staircase

6. Grand or God ...... Gothel or Goose

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