Action Movie Plot Device Crossword Clue

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	noun • the act of stealing • robbery at gunpoint verb • commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
	30%	9		Plot device often sought by characters in a movie
	noun • (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot
	29%	4		Hit 2012 movie whose plot involves a plan to make a movie
	noun • formerly a large constellation in the Southern Hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela

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New York Times29 Jul 2001	Across 103
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