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Puzzle ZPGD 



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Below are 8 Academy Award winners.

The letters of their names have been mixed up and put into alphabetical order.

The brackets contain clues to their names, the first letter and the length of each part of their name. For example, EEIKNNOSTV [K5 S5] = KEVIN STONE.
DEEFIJOORST      [J5 F6]
EEELMPRRSTY      [M5 S6]
ABEIJLORRSTU     [J5 R7]
AABEEHHIKNNPRRTU [K9 H7]
CEEEGGLNOOORY    [G6 C7]
ACCHIJKLNNOOS    [J4 N9]
BDEEINOORRRT     [R6 D2 N4]
AACCEEHIILMN     [M7 C5]

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Answer
DEEFIJOORST      = JODIE FOSTER
EEELMPRRSTY      = MERYL STREEP
ABEIJLORRSTU     = JULIA ROBERTS
AABEEHHIKNNPRRTU = KATHARINE HEPBURN
CEEEGGLNOOORY    = GEORGE CLOONEY
ACCHIJKLNNOOS    = JACK NICHOLSON
BDEEINOORRRT     = ROBERT DE NIRO
AACCEEHIILMN     = MICHAEL CAINE

 

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