Movie starters, often Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

MOVIE (noun)
1. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
OFTEN (adverb)
1. frequently or in great quantities
2. many times at short intervals

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More Daily Beast Crossword (5/18/2026) Answers

Across

1. Baseball & Hollywood great Jackson, who turns 80 today

7. Candy ___ (1-Across shared his name with one named after him, starting in 1978)

10. "The Night of the ___" (Tennessee Williams play)

11. 1982 hit for Duran Duran

12. The Friendly Ghost

13. Abbr. on tubes of toothpaste

14. Daylight Savings setting (abbr.)

15. "The ___ Gun" (hit 1988 comedy in which 1-Across is programmed to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II at an Angels game)

17. Probable non-hits

19. Laughs or cries, say

21. ___ double life

22. About, briefly

25. New-agey chants

26. With 23-Down: In this 1994 comedy, 1-Across plays the title character personal baseball coach

29. Compete

30. Hoodwink out of money

31. "All My ___ Live in Texas"

32. All of the Department of Motor Vehicles employees in "Zootopia," e.g.

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Down

1. Tim who co-wrote "Evita" and "Chess"

2. "My word!"

3. Big burst of wind

4. "Mind the ___" (London Underground warning)

5. Suffix with serpent

6. Deserve your good luck

7. Slow the car down

8. Helpers

9. Springsteen's "Thunder ___"

17. Michael Jackson album with five #1 hits

18. ___ down (eats quickly)

19. DJ's contribution, often

20. Makes more tolerable

21. "___ Island USA"

22. Sharpen, as one's appetite

23. See 26-Across

24. Casual shirts

27. "___ Be Gone in the Dark" (2020 true crime series)

28. Bob Iger of Disney, e.g.

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