Filmmaker who played the scientist Claude Lacombe in Close Encounters of the Third Kind Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FRANCOISTRUFFAUT Filmmaker who played the scientist Claude Lacombe in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (16)
2% LAB Scientist's workshop (3) Newsday Oct 13, 2025
2% MARIE Scientist Curie (5) Newsday Oct 13, 2025
2% MOHS Scientist who created a scale of hardness (4) Universal Oct 12, 2025
2% NEWTON Scientist Isaac (6) The Telegraph Quick Oct 11, 2025
2% ADA "___ Twist, Scientist" (3) TV Oct 5, 2025
2% ORSON Filmmaker Welles (5) Wall Street Journal Sep 25, 2025
2% AVA "Selma" filmmaker DuVernay (3)
2% MCCOY Sylvester who played the Doctor in Doctor Who (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 24, 2025
2% MET Encountered (3) Commuter Sep 22, 2025
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