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◆ · By Sam Brody · Published 2023-12-26T19:22:08.729Z

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Can you guess the title of the (fictional) film based on the answers to the starred clues? (4, 5)
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  • kurtalert 🤓7:08 · 2023-12-26T22:12:44.196Z
    Never heard of this movie - just got the answer from the JA / IL and "prison caper" clues!
    • Sam Brody constructor · 2023-12-27T00:04:14.456Z
      That's the idea. It's not a real movie :)
    • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓4:17 · 2023-12-27T00:38:59.337Z
      Clever!
      • Jim23809 8:10 · 2023-12-27T17:47:55.335Z
        The description of fictional film was a bit tough to process, but eventually I got it.
        Play today's daily mini crossword
        1A
        Coin that's slang for a 10-year sentence
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        Across
        1. 1A
          Coin that's slang for a 10-year sentence
        2. 5A
          Dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter, named for the latter's sister
        3. 10A
          Consume
        4. 13A
          Hot spot
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          Memoir by singer Turner
        6. 15A
          Package in a field
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          * Carpentry discard, converted by 26A into a makeshift lock-pick
        8. 18A
          Grows old
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          Broadcasting
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          Pond greenery
        11. 21A
          Suffix with "bi" and "tri", but not "uni"
        12. 22A
          Writer's point
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          Biden is known for it
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          * "The Good Place" actress, star of this prison caper
        15. 31A
          Line on a graph
        16. 32A
          One-of-a-kind card game
        17. 33A
          One shouldering a heavy weight
        18. 37A
          Came out on top
        19. 38A
          This puzzle, for the upcoming film
        20. 41A
          One in a hole?
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          Contemptuous
        22. 44A
          Part of the postal code?
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          Racecourse shape
        24. 46A
          * Utility closet item, upended by 26A to reach the air duct
        25. 50A
          Ingredient featured heavily in 70's American cuisine
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          Hit by Elvis Costello
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          Gulf of ___
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          University sports org.
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          Scalar opposite of "ultra"
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          Ice in the drink
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          * Scented flower extract, used by 26A to confuse the tracking dogs
        32. 65A
          Mythical ship
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          Fall bloomer
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          Teeming
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          Indigo, say
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          Excelled
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          Home free
        Down
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          Cobra Kai, for one
        2. 2D
          John in Russia
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          Lottery prefix
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          Metaphorical motivators
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          El __
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          Locale where 15D has been mined for centuries
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          Mideast moolah
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          Secret weapon for Nazi Germany
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          Low bow of respect
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          ___ beaver
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          Wise guy?
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          Easily irked
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          Volcanic rock
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          Tribe for which a lake and canal are named
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          Obscure, as faces in a photo
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          Story teller
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          ___ of life: rescue tools
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          Part of a neural network
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          Prefix with bar or bus
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          Actress de Armas
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          Slammer
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          Molten 15D, for example
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          Healthy palm produce
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          Advice from a bear
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          Source of sustenance
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          John in Britain
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          Goofs
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          Character released from captivity in a 2012 Tarantino film
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          Warm up acts
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          Some sewer-dwelling turtles
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          Ransom payment specification
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          Penultimate Hebrew letter
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          Rot
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          Abrasive element on some boards
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          One way to live
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          Regarding
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          Religious assent
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          Important tool for government accountability: Abbr.
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          Variation (on)
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          Sheltered
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          Rage
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