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Movie Marquee Madness

■ · By Nick · Published 2023-03-21T15:46:38.307Z

Meta Prompt
Local theater owner John McMahon has been running the Downtown Majestic for decades, priding himself on playing movies of all genres both old and new. He recently hired teenager Daniel Austin to handle ticket sales, concessions, and most importantly, updating the old-school marquee above the entrance. Check out the shaded clues for recent showings as per the marquee that left John scrambling. And then use those answers to figure out what John said to Daniel after a few weeks on the job as the meta solution for this puzzle.
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  • Dale B 36:14 · 2023-03-21T15:46:38.307Z
    Great puzzle
    • tuber 🤓9:08 · 2023-03-21T15:46:38.307Z
      Lovely stuff! :)
      • Nick constructor · 2023-03-21T20:18:34.234Z
        Thank you!
      • Brian Callahan 🤓5:07 · 2023-03-21T19:30:22.901Z
        Very clever! This was a delight
        • Nick constructor · 2023-03-21T20:18:44.442Z
          Glad you enjoyed!
        • spikeydlux 🤓3:28 · 2023-03-23T14:25:26.376Z
          loved it!
          • Nick constructor · 2023-03-23T16:08:24.705Z
            Thank you! Impressive time, also.
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          Baby powder ingredient that absorbs moisture
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          1. 1A
            Baby powder ingredient that absorbs moisture
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            Three-dimensional square
          3. 9A
            Words on Alice's cake in Wonderland
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            Boring or humdrum
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            Right away acronym
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            Pale grey colored
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            ". . . an intergalactic battle wages between rival factions of Indian string instrument musicians . . ."
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            Scarlett's beau in "Gone with the Wind"
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            Especially pale or unhealthy in appearance
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            Potential mate for Gordy or Babe
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            Degs. in the humanities, usually
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            Oz creator L. Frank
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            Nabisco shortbread wafer cookie
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            Carlton from "Fresh Prince" or director Cuarón
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            Exclamation when it finally clicks
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            Baked pastry with fruit that may not be sour, despite its name
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            Sicilian volcano
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            "Save me ____" (text from someone running late to the theater, perhaps)
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            Switzerland shorthand, in the Olympics or World Cup
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            Fine mesh strainer
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            Mrs. (Fr.)
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            Weedwacker, sometimes
          23. 48A
            ". . . a vacationing family is aging at a rapid rate and only making origami cranes can save them. But wait -- there's a twist! (Of course there is . . . )"
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            Goes on and on and on about trivial matters
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            Furniture chain and famous Judd
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            Opposed to
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            Poison dart frog secretion (if you lick it)
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            Titanic nemesis
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            Director Besson or basketball player Mbah a Moute
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            Quickly and gently touch
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            Fertile patches of land in deserts
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            He first voiced Lightyear
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            ". . . years ago a crack creative unit was sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped. Today, still wanted, they survive as guerilla marketers making commercials and social media posts. And they love it when a media plan comes together . . . "
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            Become accustomed to something
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            Painting, drawing, sculpting, and the like
          36. 73A
            Club-wielding creature of mythology
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            Morocco capital
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            Hawaiian feast
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            Back of your neck
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            Small recipe amt.
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            Shawkat who played Maeby Fünke on "Arrested Development"
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            Back muscles
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            Online customer service app that's never as helpful as a live human
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            Harsh cry of a crow
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            Top three in both population and area, worldwide
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            There's often 16 in a rap freestyle or verse
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            Printer producer
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            Auditory organ
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            Remnant from 37A eruption
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            ". . . after his parents were murdered in an alley, he vowed to avenge them and honor their names by acting in a Netflix drug cartel drama and various screwball comedies . . ."
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            Facebook parent company
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            Heroic trees in "Lord of the Rings"
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            Reynolds or Gosling
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            Nintendo console with a remote
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            Consumes or deploys
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            Distinctive feature or dominant idea, commonly found threaded throughout artsy films
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            JFK alternative
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            "____ Misérables"
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            Confused or more literally, sailing
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            Praises
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            " . . . a group of hyper-masculine haunted house builders form an underground society where the first rule is you don't talk about scaring kids. And the second rule is . . . well, the same . . ."
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            Poetry units
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            Probability tool for data sets with normal distribution to determine significance
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            Keanu's "The One"
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            Sophisticated environment for soundscape and multimedia creations that's almost scientific
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            U2 guitarist
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            "Mr. Blue Sky" rockers
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            Dinosaur buddy of 65A's character
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            A unit of explosive force equal to two trillion pounds of TNT
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            It sometimes goes with pee
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            14x MLB All-Star and 3x MVP
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            Pertaining to birth
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            Villain's home base
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            Forearm bone
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            Drive-____
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            Sonic the Hedgehog creator
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            Famous lawman of the Wild West depicted by Costner and Russell
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            Captain Hook's right-hand man
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            Pitching stat
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            Brooklyn hooper
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            28D timing
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            Pac-12's Sun Devils, collectively
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