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Movies Challenge Crossword #1

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Movies Challenge Crossword #1

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Movies Challenge Crossword #1

15 × 13 grid · 18 words · Hard · CrosswordWise

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  1. 2. 1975 shark thriller by Spielberg
  2. 5. Background performers
  3. 8. Nickname of the Academy's golden statue
  4. 9. Genre where everyone bursts into song
  5. 10. The movie that comes before
  6. 12. Dangerous trick done by a double
  7. 16. Pass to your seat
  8. 17. Gump who runs across the country

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  1. 1. One-sheet ad for the movie
  2. 3. The movie that comes after
  3. 4. Hand-drawn short or feature
  4. 6. 1976 boxing underdog story
  5. 7. Era before sound, with title cards
  6. 10. What actually happens
  7. 11. What happens to film in the cutting room
  8. 13. Surprise ending turn
  9. 14. Where the picture appears
  10. 15. The good guy who saves the day

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Movies Challenge Crossword #1

15 × 13 grid · 18 words · Hard · CrosswordWise

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  1. 2. 1975 shark thriller by Spielberg — JAWS
  2. 5. Background performers — EXTRAS
  3. 8. Nickname of the Academy's golden statue — OSCAR
  4. 9. Genre where everyone bursts into song — MUSICAL
  5. 10. The movie that comes before — PREQUEL
  6. 12. Dangerous trick done by a double — STUNT
  7. 16. Pass to your seat — TICKET
  8. 17. Gump who runs across the country — FORREST

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  1. 1. One-sheet ad for the movie — POSTER
  2. 3. The movie that comes after — SEQUEL
  3. 4. Hand-drawn short or feature — CARTOON
  4. 6. 1976 boxing underdog story — ROCKY
  5. 7. Era before sound, with title cards — SILENT
  6. 10. What actually happens — PLOT
  7. 11. What happens to film in the cutting room — EDIT
  8. 13. Surprise ending turn — TWIST
  9. 14. Where the picture appears — SCREEN
  10. 15. The good guy who saves the day — HERO

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About This Free Printable Crossword

Film buffs finally get their challenge grid. Eighteen movie answers cross a 15x13 hard puzzle that jumps from the 1975 shark thriller to the Gump who ran across the country, mixing behind-the-scenes words like stunt and edit with titles, genres, and awards. Clues about the Academy's golden statue and the era before sound give it range, so teens and adults who actually stay for the credits will finish first, and a film class can enjoy it as an earned reward.

Plan it for family movie night, an awards-viewing party, or the last week of a media studies unit. Printing takes seconds: select Letter or A4, press Print Puzzle for the blank grid with clues, and set aside the solved grid from Print Answer Key, which prints on its own page, until a winner is declared. Save as PDF in the print dialog downloads a file for the group chat. When the credits roll on this one, more movie crosswords and our complete printable collection are queued up like a good double feature.

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