Crossword Clue: Jolie of film
Here's the answer to the Jolie of film crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: ANGELINA
"Jolie of film" points to ANGELINA, a 8-letter entry that starts with A and finishes on A and carries 4 vowels. Because every square it occupies also belongs to a down or across answer crossing it, you can often back into ANGELINA from the letters around it rather than the clue alone.
Origin & meaning
Angelina Jolie is an American actress and humanitarian. She won an Oscar for 'Girl, Interrupted.'
Common usage
Compact, vowel-friendly answers such as ANGELINA are a constructor's staple: they slot into a 8-square space and play nicely in both directions. Solvers who recognize it on sight save real time on the daily puzzle.
Crossword trivia
Angelina belongs to the small vocabulary of words that appear constantly in grids. Because it's only 8 letters, editors can drop it almost anywhere, which is why regular solvers know it on sight.
Stuck on this clue?
Stuck on "Jolie of film"? Don't force it — solve the clues crossing this slot instead. One or two intersecting letters usually make ANGELINA obvious. Working from the crossings is the single most useful habit for getting faster.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue ANGELINA — sometimes with a straight dictionary definition, sometimes with wordplay, a pun, or a fill-in-the-blank — but the answer itself stays the same. Learning to spot the answer behind the disguise is a core crossword skill.
Example sentences
- "A 8-letter slot and a clue like 'Jolie of film'? That's ANGELINA nine times out of ten."
- "I second-guessed it, but the crossing answers confirmed ANGELINA was right."
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing ANGELINA into the grid took no time at all."