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Pass made by S. Spielberg's favourite actor after new Oscar (2,6)

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I believe the answer is:

no thanks

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'pass made by s spielberg's favourite' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'actor after new oscar' is the wordplay.
'actor' becomes 'hanks' (I've seen this before).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'new oscar' becomes 'not' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hanks' put after 'not' is 'NO THANKS'.

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(Another definition for no thanks that I've seen is " Polite refusal".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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