| Like a musician who's not affiliated with a major label |
|
|
| Non-mainstream component of vitamin diet (5) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
27 Sep 2025 |
| Non-studio movie |
Commuter |
20 Sep 2025 |
| Not from a major studio |
Commuter |
12 Sep 2025 |
| Film without a major studio |
LA Times Daily |
17 Aug 2025 |
| The sort of film we prefer (5) |
|
|
| Small record label (5) |
|
|
| Small record company |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Fashionable, regularly admired low-budget film? |
|
|
| Stop working on trendy kind of music |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Jul 2025 |
| Without the backing of a major record label |
|
|
| Vin Diesel shot art filma?� (5) |
|
|
| Small film or music company (5) |
|
|
| Not produced by a major label or studio |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
18 May 2025 |
| Not produced by a major studio |
|
|
| Like the bands Japanese Breakfast and the Last Dinner Party |
|
|
| Like many Sundance entries |
LA Times Daily |
01 May 2025 |
| Without a corporate sponsor |
|
|
| Like the video game Gris |
USA Today |
17 Apr 2025 |
| Not a mainstream record company |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Not backed by a major label |
|
|
| Music style imitates Nirvana demos in early originals (5) |
|
|
| Like the 2024 films "Magpie" and "MaXXXine" |
|
|
| Not a major record label? |
The Telegraph Plusword |
15 Feb 2025 |
| Musical genre of Arcade Fire, e.g. |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Rock music genre |
The Times Concise |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Small, independent |
|
|
| An independent film company |
|
|
| Like A24 films, but not WB films |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jan 2025 |
| Non-studio |
Newsday |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Rock music genre |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Like many Sundance films |
USA Today |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Low-budget movie |
|
|
| Not sponsored by a big studio |
|
|
| Not mainstream, as in art |
|
|
| Not mainstream |
USA Today |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Not mainstream |
New York Times |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Not mainstream |
Commuter |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Sundance film, e.g. |
LA Times Daily |
20 Nov 2024 |
| Not affiliated with a major company |
|
|
| Not mainstream |
Universal |
15 Nov 2024 |
| Like a self-financed movie, often |
|
|
| Stop getting behind popular record label |
|
|
| Not mainstream |
LA Times Daily |
13 Oct 2024 |
| Many a film at Sundance |
New York Times Mini |
08 Oct 2024 |
| Kind of rock genre (5) |
|
|
| Music genre fashionable festival served up |
|
|
| Small, independent film company (abbr) (5) |
|
|
| Lacking a major record label's backing |
|
|
| Not signed to a major record company, e.g. |
The Telegraph Mini |
22 Aug 2024 |
| Privately funded film |
|
|
| Not a major record label or film studio |
The Telegraph Plusword |
18 Jul 2024 |
| Sort of music produced by new bands working with small record companies (5) |
|
|
| Independent film company (abbr) (5) |
|
|
| Like a self-funded movie |
USA Today |
11 Jun 2024 |
| Independent film or record company (5) |
|
|
| Like movies that aren't from major studios |
|
|
| Low budget small studio film |
|
|
| Like the crossword-themed film "Wordplay" |
|
|
| Sundance film, e.g. |
Commuter |
27 May 2024 |
| Not a production house's film |
|
|
| Not from a major studio |
Commuter |
09 May 2024 |
| Sundance film entry |
|
|
| Independent company with which I dine out (5) |
|
|
| Not affiliated with a big company, briefly |
|
|
| Alt, perhaps |
LA Times Daily |
18 Apr 2024 |
| Small-budget film or album (5) |
|
|
| Not studio-sponsored |
Commuter |
15 Apr 2024 |
| Alternative music song, perhaps |
|
|
| Nonstudio flick |
LA Times Daily |
12 Apr 2024 |
| Like Arctic Monkeys, Band of Horses, and Animal Collective |
|
|
| Not mainstream |
Commuter |
08 Apr 2024 |
| Underground, say |
|
|
| Not belonging or affiliated to a major record or film company (5) |
|
|
| Music or film genre (5) |
|
|
| Not associated with a major company |
|
|
| Cool to check out music genre (5) |
|
|
| Be very eager to follow popular music genre (5) |
|
|
| At home, taking pass on film made by small company? |
|
|
| Of a small label? (5) |
|
|
| Low-budget flick |
Commuter |
19 Feb 2024 |
| Sort of rock music, trendy, to pass on |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Like Sundance films |
Commuter |
06 Feb 2024 |
| Like Sundance films |
TV |
28 Jan 2024 |
| Sundance film, for example |
Commuter |
13 Jan 2024 |
| Genre of pop music (5) |
|
|
| Show cat missing in tabloid newspaper (5) |
|
|
| Without a major record label |
|
|
| Many a Sundance film |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Low-budget film (inf) (5) |
|
|
| Movie that wasn't produced by a major studio |
|
|
| A Sundance Film Festival entry, typically |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
17 Dec 2023 |
| ___ rock, musical subgenre (5) |
|
|
| Without a major label |
Universal |
17 Oct 2023 |
| Nonmainstream, as music |
New York Times |
16 Oct 2023 |
| Pop group not tied to a major recording company |
The Guardian Quick |
23 Sep 2023 |
| Non-studio movie |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2023 |
| Typical film festival entry |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jul 2023 |
| Film from a small studio, say (rhymes with "windy") |
|
|
| Without studio backing |
Newsday |
23 Jun 2023 |
| Not mainstream |
USA Today |
08 May 2023 |
| Non-mainstream |
USA Today |
06 May 2023 |
| Opposite of mainstream |
New York Times |
19 Apr 2023 |
| Like some nonmainstream record labels |
Universal |
09 Apr 2023 |
| Many a low-budget flick |
LA Times Daily |
03 Apr 2023 |
| Unaffiliated, for short |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2023 |
| __ folk |
LA Times Daily |
17 Mar 2023 |
| Not mainstream |
Universal |
14 Mar 2023 |
| Privately made film |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Dec 2022 |
| Not from a major studio |
USA Today |
02 Dec 2022 |
| Run down to follow trendy pop genre |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Nov 2022 |
| Small record company |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Oct 2022 |
| Like a non-AAA video game |
USA Today |
10 Sep 2022 |
| Not from a big studio |
Universal |
07 Sep 2022 |
| Type of music or film |
Family Time |
29 Aug 2022 |
| Not mainstream |
New York Times |
22 Aug 2022 |
| Art film, often |
Premier Sunday |
07 Aug 2022 |
| Not mainstream |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jul 2022 |
| Nonmainstream, as rock music |
New York Times |
25 Jul 2022 |
| At first Edward follows endless country music |
|
|
| Sundance flick, often |
Wall Street Journal |
31 May 2022 |
| Small-studio film |
|
|
| Like many small-budget films |
Universal |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Edited local paper that is created by one of those not part of the mainstream |
Irish Times Crosaire |
08 Feb 2022 |
| Non-studio film, familiarly |
Newsday |
07 Feb 2022 |
| Not mainstream |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jan 2022 |
| Like Sundance films |
Universal |
10 Jan 2022 |
| Like an arthouse flick |
USA Today |
20 Dec 2021 |
| Type of rock music |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Oct 2021 |
| Non-studio film |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Non-studio film, for short |
Newsday |
12 Oct 2021 |
| Not from a big studio |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2021 |
| Nonmainstream, as music |
New York Times |
13 Sep 2021 |
| Pass by popular music genre |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Sep 2021 |
| What's not mainstream -- popular before getting to fade away |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Aug 2021 |
| Country briefly served by European record company |
|
|
| Non-studio film, briefly |
Newsday |
22 Jun 2021 |
| Non-mainstream film |
|
|
| Non-studio, for short |
Newsday |
30 May 2021 |
| Not mainstream |
USA Today |
11 May 2021 |
| Many a film festival film |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Apr 2021 |
| Film festival entry, informally |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2021 |
| Peter pursuing trendy freelance company |
|
|
| Not from a big studio |
USA Today |
04 Mar 2021 |
| Rock genre |
New York Times |
28 Feb 2021 |
| Sundance film |
Universal |
08 Feb 2021 |
| Trendy end to this music |
|
|
| Not a big studio film |
New York Times |
27 Dec 2020 |
| Not with a major label |
The Times Concise |
27 Nov 2020 |
| Using base for a country music label |
|
|
| Like many low-budget horror films |
The Washington Post Sunday |
25 Oct 2020 |
| Unaffiliated, briefly |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Aug 2020 |
| Popular source of documentaries that is not mainstream |
The Telegraph Toughie |
21 Jul 2020 |
| Bookstore that's not part of a chain, for short |
USA Today |
03 Jul 2020 |
| Many a Sundance entry |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jun 2020 |
| Trendy: check out music genre |
|
|
| Opposite of mainstream |
New York Times |
06 Mar 2020 |
| Like many films shot on iPhones |
Universal |
26 Feb 2020 |
| Style of music |
The Times Concise |
20 Dec 2019 |
| Art house film |
Universal |
12 Dec 2019 |
| Many a low-budget flick |
The Washington Post |
04 Dec 2019 |
| Many a low-budget flick |
LA Times Daily |
04 Dec 2019 |
| Film made on a shoestring budget |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Sep 2019 |
| Type of film at Sundance |
Universal |
02 Sep 2019 |
| . Not many understanding? That is an art film |
|
|
| Low-budget film |
Universal |
08 Jul 2019 |
| Heart of cricket team is in art film |
|
|
| Small-scale film company |
Wall Street Journal |
29 May 2019 |
| Arthouse film, probably |
Jonesin |
21 May 2019 |
| Like many docs |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 May 2019 |
| Nonmainstream, as movies |
Newsday |
10 May 2019 |
| Typical Sundance entry |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Mar 2019 |
| Non-studio production |
Newsday |
25 Jan 2019 |
| Film festival entry |
The Washington Post |
20 Jan 2019 |
| Film festival entry |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jan 2019 |
| Low-budget film, often |
USA Today |
08 Jan 2019 |
| Low-budget film, often |
|
|
| Film festival entry |
|
|
| Typical Sundance entry |
|
|
| Film made on a shoestring budget |
|
|
| Small-scale film company |
|
|
| Type of film at Sundance |
|
|
| Low-budget film |
|
|
| Inexpensive film |
Universal |
17 Dec 2018 |
| Sundance flick |
LA Times Daily |
18 Nov 2018 |
| Sundance flick |
The Washington Post |
18 Nov 2018 |
| . One new approach fizzled out before time in a type of music |
|
|
| Many an arty movie |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Oct 2018 |
| Not mainstream, as a film |
|
|
| Nonmainstream |
New York Times |
28 Sep 2018 |
| Fashionable cube unrelated to global organisation |
|
|
| Many a Sundance entry |
The Washington Post Sunday |
09 Sep 2018 |
| Type of music rockin' without rock and roller |
|
|
| Many a film festival contender |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jun 2018 |
| Non-studio film, for short |
Newsday |
23 May 2018 |
| Common film festival film |
The Washington Post |
11 Apr 2018 |
| Common film festival film |
LA Times Daily |
11 Apr 2018 |
| Long to follow hip pop group? |
|
|
| Popular cross over musical style … |
|
|
| Art house film, often |
Premier Sunday |
07 Jan 2018 |
| Common film festival film |
|
|
| Many a low-budget flick |
|
|
| Inexpensive film |
|
|
| Many a film festival contender |
|
|
| Sundance flick |
|
|
| Nonmainstream |
|
|
| Privately made film |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Dec 2017 |
| Any Sundance Film Festival entry |
USA Today |
25 Dec 2017 |
| Many a Sundance film |
LA Times Daily |
08 Oct 2017 |
| Many a Sundance film |
The Washington Post |
08 Oct 2017 |
| Common film festival entry |
The Washington Post |
01 Oct 2017 |
| Common film festival entry |
LA Times Daily |
01 Oct 2017 |
| Many a low-budget film |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2017 |
| Many a Sundance Film Festival entry |
USA Today |
18 Sep 2017 |
| Pop music style |
The Times Concise |
07 Sep 2017 |
| Non-studio film, briefly |
Universal |
31 Jul 2017 |
| Stop following popular type of music |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Apr 2017 |
| Pop genre |
The Times Concise |
03 Apr 2017 |
| ___ Rock Pete (Diesel Sweeties character) |
Jonesin |
28 Mar 2017 |
| Not from a major studio |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2017 |
| Non-studio movie, for short |
Newsday |
20 Mar 2017 |
| Common Sundance entry |
The Washington Post |
17 Mar 2017 |
| Common Sundance entry |
LA Times Daily |
17 Mar 2017 |
| The movie "Wordplay" is one |
USA Today |
04 Mar 2017 |
| Cool stop for non-mainstream band |
|
|
| Non-Hollywood |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2017 |
| Non-studio film, briefly |
|
|
| Many a Sundance film |
|
|
| Any Sundance Film Festival entry |
|
|
| Many a low-budget film |
|
|
| Many a Sundance Film Festival entry |
|
|
| Not from a major studio |
|
|
| The movie "Wordplay" is one |
|
|
| Common film festival entry |
|
|
| Sundance Festival film |
Newsday |
22 Dec 2016 |
| Non-studio film |
Newsday |
18 Dec 2016 |
| Non-studio pic |
The Washington Post |
12 Dec 2016 |
| Low-budget film, often |
Universal |
06 Sep 2016 |
| Most of the local paper that is created by producer not part of the mainstream |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 Jun 2016 |
| Unaffiliated, informally |
USA Today |
14 Jun 2016 |
| Small studio production |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jun 2016 |
| Typical film festival entry |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jun 2016 |
| Non-studio film, informally |
Newsday |
25 May 2016 |
| Privately financed movie, for short |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2016 |
| Art house film, usually |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Apr 2016 |
| Sundance entry, often |
The Washington Post |
10 Apr 2016 |
| Popular bar that's seedy boycotting very non-mainstream company |
|
|
| Like many a low-budget film |
The Washington Post |
23 Mar 2016 |
| Private film producer, informally |
Universal |
17 Mar 2016 |
| Out of the mainstream, say |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
22 Jan 2016 |
| Sundance Film Festival entry |
New York Times |
11 Jan 2016 |
| Unaffiliated, informally |
|
|
| Sundance Film Festival entry |
|
|
| Out of the mainstream, say |
|
|
| Small studio production |
|
|
| Typical film festival entry |
|
|
| Like some record labels |
USA Today |
02 Dec 2015 |
| Like some record labels |
Universal |
02 Nov 2015 |
| Awful din that is not linked to major label |
|
|
| Many a low-budget film |
Universal |
24 Oct 2015 |
| Kind of small record company |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Oct 2015 |
| Awful din that is not linked to major label |
|
|
| Go chasing trendy pop group |
|
|
| Film with a small budget |
USA Today |
31 Aug 2015 |
| See record company that's popular and buy it! |
The Times Cryptic |
04 Aug 2015 |
| Many a low-budget film |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2015 |
| Small movie |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Jul 2015 |
| Privately made movie |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Jun 2015 |
| I long to take in new kind of music |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Jun 2015 |
| Private film producer, informally |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2015 |
| Any movie at the Sundance Film Festival |
New York Times |
25 May 2015 |
| Category of pop music |
The Times Concise |
30 Apr 2015 |
| Type of rock or film |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
17 Apr 2015 |
| No major show will fail to feature a lion, say |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Apr 2015 |
| Give up the ghost on popular music genre |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Apr 2015 |
| Non-studio film, briefly |
USA Today |
27 Mar 2015 |
| Not from a major studio |
Premier Sunday |
08 Mar 2015 |
| Unaffiliated with a major label, briefly |
Universal |
03 Mar 2015 |
| I dine out in self-reliant company |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Mar 2015 |
| Film festival flick, often |
Premier Sunday |
22 Feb 2015 |
| Film fest film, often |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2015 |
| Film fest film, often |
|
|
| Film with a small budget |
|
|
| Like some record labels |
|
|
| Many a low-budget film |
|
|
| Non-studio film, briefly |
|
|
| Private film producer, informally |
|
|
| Unaffiliated with a major label, briefly |
|
|
| Many a low-budget film |
|
|
| Low-budget film, often |
|
|
| Like some record labels |
|
|
| Type of rock or film |
|
|
| Not from a major studio |
|
|
| Film festival flick, often |
|
|
| Any movie at the Sundance Film Festival |
|
|
| With 40 Across, Sundance screening |
|
|
| Nonstudio film |
|
|
| Hardly major, as record labels go |
|
|
| Many an entry at the Sundance Film Festival |
|
|
| Like some films |
|
|
| Small-budget movie, informally |
|
|
| Typical Sundance film |
|
|
| Sundance showing |
|
|
| Low-budget film, often |
|
|
| Art house film, often |
|
|
| Parker Posey movie, often |
|
|
| Art film, often |
|
|
| Common Sundance entry |
|
|
| Many a low-budget film |
|
|
| Alternative music, now |
|
|
| Sundance Film Festival entry |
|
|
| Low-budget film, briefly |
|
|
| Non-studio film, for short |
|
|
| Killers "It's ___ rock and roll for me" |
|
|
| Film at Sundance |
|
|
| Many a low-budget film |
|
|
| Sundance entry, usually |
|
|
| Art movie, often |
|
|
| Kind of rock |
|
|
| Many a film festival film |
|
|
| Film at a film festival often, |
|
|
| Non-mainstream film |
|
|
| Non-mainstream film |
|
|
| Non-Hollywood, say |
|
|
| Unaffiliated, informally |
|
|
| Sundance Festival film |
|
|
| Non-studio pic |
|
|
| Non-studio flick |
|
|
| Like a small music or film company |
|
|
| Non-studio pic |
|
|
| Non-studio flick |
|
|
| Outsider film |
|
|
| Privately financed film |
|
|
| Sundance entry, usually |
|
|
| Sundance entry, usually |
|
|
| Sundance entry, often |
|
|
| Not a big-studio film |
|
|
| Outsider film |
|
|
| Art film, often |
|
|
| Many a film festival film |
|
|
| Non-major-studio movie |
|
|
| Sundance Film Festival entry |
|
|
| Without traditional backing |
|
|
| Sundance entry, often |
|
|
| Hardly major, as record labels go |
|
|
| Small-studio film, informally |
|
|
| Art film, often |
|
|
| The movie "Wordplay," for one |
|
|
| Art film, often |
|
|
| Sundance Film Festival entry |
|
|
| Sundance entry, often |
|
|
| Many an art film |
|
|
| Not from a major studio |
|
|
| Nonstudio film |
|
|
| Kind of rock or label |
|
|
| Film festival fare, often |
|
|
| Many a low-budget film |
|
|
| Sundance Festival entry, often |
|
|
| Not from a studio |
|
|
| Unaffiliated with any major |
|
|
| Sundance entry, often |
|
|
| Low-budget pic, maybe |
|
|
| Art house film |
|
|
| Sundance entry |
|
|
| Low-budget pic, maybe |
|
|
| Sundance entry |
|
|
| Small-budget film, usually |
|
|
| "Wordplay", for one |
|
|
| Type of film, e.g. |
|
|
| Small-budget film, often |
|
|
| Non-studio film, for short |
|
|
| Hardly a major |
|
|
| Sundance entry |
|
|
| Unaffiliated film company |
|
|
| Art film, often |
|
|
| Non-studio film |
|
|
| Non-studio film |
|
|
| Small-studio film, informally |
|
|
| Low-budget film, often |
|
|
| Not one of the majors |
|
|
| Private filmmaker, informally |
|
|
| Nonstudio film |
|
|
| Film festival film, often |
|
|
| Non-studio film, briefly |
|
|
| Hardly major, for short |
|
|
| Private filmmaker, informally |
|
|
| Non-studio film, briefly |
|
|
| Film not made by a Hollywood studio |
|
|
| Unaffiliated, for short |
|
|
| Self-employed artist |
|
|
| Private film producer, informally |
|
|
| Type of film: abbr. |
|
|
| Low-budget film, often |
|
|
| Film festival entry, often |
|
|
| Unaffiliated record company |
|
|
| Like some record labels |
|
|
| Trade word for non-affiliated producer |
|
|
| Label like Matador or Merge |
|
|