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    Cryptic Clue Films

    1. Fat ogre, a serious hoarder (6)
    2. Shambolic trips notating a hobby (13)
    3. Embodiment of Garner and a sailor (6)
    4. Unhinged chopsy mess (6)
    5. Recline in an emigrant (5)
    6. Caterina made us hide a Latin love god (7)
    7. Number of First Lady set in tin (5)
    8. Feathers descend for your undoing (8)
    9. Grot I've spoiled causes dizziness (7)
    10. Gangster stole tops (8)

    11. Charge International Directors' heads before Don for a job (4,6)
    12. Exaggerate bomb (4-2)
    13. Leo imports destruction for capital (10)
    14. Disguise first human? (7)
    15. Veiled guru should hurry (4)
    16. Spectre spelt "goitre" badly (11)
    17. Go, like Sir Snedden? Rubbish, I'd heard ...(3,4)
    18. ...unlike the lovely Tom Daley! (9)
    19. Fancying Stanley's wife orally is heavenly (12)
    20. Rich and nourished roots are managed (3)

    21. Gas set off around Exeter (6)
    22. Complex fishing! (7)
    23. £100 bond lacks certainty of compensation (7)
    24. Mr Metheny makes amazing coffee! (6,3)
    25. Most of the year, no thin men are making sundaes (4,6)
    26. A Crimean disaster and ET buy a ravaged cultivar (8,6)
    27. Time sheared off rubber tip (10)
    28. Destroy scanned evidence of overtanning from festival (4,5,7)
    29. Einstein's hums still ravage Mr Hargreave's creation (6,4,8)
    30. 'Inchapsky': for debt-free gents! (3,2,5)

    31. Philosopher in contact with company (7)
    32. Stout bear (5)
    33. Go and hide one leader (6)
    34. One-time thug hides gay octet (5,3,3)
    35. Giant bird hides a '99 (7)
    36. Resident hunk shocked at where a bone is (5,3,4),
    37. Warrior consumed her, and proud! (9)
    38. Up-and-comer is virtually noted (6,6)
    39. Horrendous stress bought for exorcists? (12)
    Last edited by Diable Rouge; 29-04-2020, 21:01.

    #2
    2. Trainspotting
    4. Psycho
    6. Amadeus
    7. Se7en
    9. Vertigo

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      #3
      I assume that we're supposed to be answering these?

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        #4
        12. Blow up

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          #5
          This is amazing DR, having you been putting this together for ages or did you just knock it up in a sitting?

          Assuming you'd like us to submit some answers:

          5. Alien
          8. Downfall
          13. Metropolis
          15. Rush
          16. Poltergeist
          28. Burn Before Reading
          29. Little Miss Sunshine
          34. Eight Men Out
          36. Under The Skin
          39. Ghostbusters

          Edit: Removed question mark against last one – realised I had the right answer, just for the wrong reason initially!
          Last edited by Various Artist; 28-04-2020, 01:58.

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            #6
            20. Ran
            25. Nine Months
            33. Gandhi

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              #7
              1 Grease
              3 Avatar (should be Gardner not Garner btw)

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                #8
                10 Scarface - nice clue
                26 American Beauty
                37 Gladiator - but needs a "we hear" in the clue
                Last edited by jwdd27; 28-04-2020, 17:46.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Diable Rouge View Post
                  32. Stout bear (5)
                  ursus arctos

                  Is that not how this works?

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                    #10
                    27. Eraserhead

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                      #11
                      Remaining:
                      11. Charge International Directors' heads before Don for a job (4,6)
                      14. Disguise first human? (7)
                      17. Go, like Sir Snedden? Rubbish, I'd heard ...(3,4)
                      18. ...unlike the lovely Tom Daley! (9)
                      19. Fancying Stanley's wife orally is heavenly (12)
                      21. Gas set off around Exeter (6)
                      22. Complex fishing! (7)
                      23. £100 bond lacks certainty of compensation (7)
                      24. Mr Metheny makes amazing coffee! (6,3)
                      30. 'Inchapsky': for debt-free gents! (3,4,5)
                      31. Philosopher in contact with company (7)
                      32. Stout bear (5)
                      35. Giant bird hides a '99 (7)
                      36. Resident hunk shocked at where a bone is (5,3,4),
                      38. Up-and-comer is virtually noted (6,6)

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                        #12
                        17 Die Hard

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                          #13
                          36 Under the Skin

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Various Artist View Post
                            This is amazing DR, having you been putting this together for ages or did you just knock it up in a sitting?

                            Assuming you'd like us to submit some answers:

                            5. Alien
                            8. Downfall
                            13. Metropolis
                            15. Rush
                            16. Poltergeist
                            28. Burn Before Reading
                            29. Little Miss Sunshine
                            34. Eight Men Out
                            36. Under The Skin
                            39. Ghostbusters

                            Edit: Removed question mark against last one – realised I had the right answer, just for the wrong reason initially!
                            Sadly, just cogged it from the quiz website I mentioned here last week! All presumably correct so far, any outstanding answers will be revealed at 9 p.m. tomorrow.
                            Last edited by Diable Rouge; 29-04-2020, 14:57.

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                              #15
                              19 Interstellar
                              [Stella = Stanley's wife (Streetcar Named Desire), In to Stella sounds like]

                              30 Men in Black
                              But it should of course be (3,2,5)
                              ["chaps" in "inky", debt-free = in the black]

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                                #16
                                22 Tangled
                                35 Titanic

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                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by S. aureus View Post
                                  36 Under the Skin
                                  I suggested that already! Does this mean I/we were wrong here DR?

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                                    #18
                                    18. Divergent?
                                    Though I fail to see how that is unlike the lovely Tom Daley...

                                    Is 32 Black? The word goes with 'stout' and 'bear', but it'd be a very obscure film.

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                                      #19
                                      'unlike' (sort of) defines 'divergent', and the rest is the wordplay.

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                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by Various Artist View Post
                                        I suggested that already! Does this mean I/we were wrong here DR?
                                        No, you're right, AFAIK, actually figured out 31 myself now - Plato + on = "Platoon" !

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                                          #21
                                          And 23 appears to be Atonement (A ton cement - c).

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                                            #22
                                            So, only 11, 14, 21, 24 and 38 currently outstanding.

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                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by Various Artist View Post
                                              I suggested that already! Does this mean I/we were wrong here DR?
                                              My fault, when I did the edited remaining answers list I left it in by mistake and S Aureus answered it again from that.

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                                                #24
                                                Turns out the deadline is Friday, so Team OTF is provisionally entered under the Welsh banner, and any outstanding answers can be added before close of play.

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                                                  #25
                                                  11 Taxi Driver

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