CineLinkr #173

September 20, 2026

Spoilers ahead: for the puzzle and the movies/games

This page reveals all categories and answers for this puzzle. It also discusses plot details, story endings, and other spoilers for some of the movies/games shown.

easy
Marathon running drives the story
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Training for a long-distance race gives each story its goal, deadline, and preferred form of suffering.
medium
Matchmaking shapes the romance or marriage
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A broker, matchmaker, or organized marriage process pushes the central relationships into motion.
hard
Anthology features assembled from short films
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Separate short works, often made by different directors, join to form a single feature-length release.
tricky
Titles visibly contain punctuation symbols
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Asterisks, a slash, an apostrophe, and an exclamation mark interrupt these titles on the page.