Here’s the website link: http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/puzzles/crosswords/cryptic/ Not sure if I’ve done a “You either know the theme material or you don’t” jobbie before, so there might be a few grumbles today. I’ll take it like a man of course, but hope you have some fun with the puzzle anyway.
This was tough but satisfying. It was one of those puzzles that makes you realise how much you normally rely on both the wordplay and the definition working in dialogue to arrive at the solution.
With such a wide field of films from which to pick potential solutions, you had to rely almost exclusively on the wordplay and potential checking letters. I suspect that this would be the case even for someone with a wide knowledge of films.
Thanks for the challenge of an excellent crossword.