Hindustan Times (Delhi)

#Puzzle 12.1

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A movie collector has a daughter who is less interested in movies than in the letters that make up their titles. She observes that one shelf contains five DVDS with five-letter titles. “Is this some sort of alphabetic­al arrangemen­t?” “Not alphabetic­al,” her mother replies. “These movies are together because they feature the same superstar.” “See,” says the child, “there’s an A, B or C in each of these five titles.” “Yes, indeed.” “This,” her daughter points at a DVD, “is the only title that contains all three letters. Those two other titles have two each out of A-B-C, in two different pairings.” The budding puzzler now names a consonant that is neither B nor C. “This appears in all five titles, including in the fourth place in the title that contains A + B+C.” Her mother now all ears, the child names a vowel other than A. “It appears in four of the titles. The fifth uses a third vowel, which appears twice. It’s the only title with a repeating letter.” Who’s the superstar and what are these five movies?

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