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Remake of Godfather' s iffy? Yes, but it's a spanking tale (5,6,2,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fifty shades of grey

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'remake of godfather' s iffy? yes but it's a spanking tale' is the definition.
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'remake of godfather' s iffy? yes' is the wordplay.
'remake of' indicates anagramming the letters.
'godfather'+'s'+'iffy'+'yes'='godfathersiffyyes'
'godfathersiffyyes' with letters rearranged gives 'FIFTY SHADES OF GREY'.

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(Another definition for fifty shades of grey that I've seen is " 24's work".)

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