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)
3% GARR Actress Teri ___ of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (4)
2% INS Run-___ (chance encounters) (3)
2% GEOLOGIST Mineral scientist (9) Puzzler Backwords Dec 12, 2025
2% SHUT Close; closed (4) The Telegraph Quick Dec 12, 2025
2% MEET Encounter (4) The Telegraph Quick Dec 9, 2025
2% MEETS Encounters (5) The Telegraph Quick Dec 8, 2025
2% MET Encountered (3) USA Today Dec 7, 2025
2% ELBA Idris who played Mandela (4) USA Today Dec 3, 2025
2% NORA Filmmaker Ephron (4) LA Times Daily Nov 30, 2025
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