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Thrifty way to make cinema cool (10)

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I believe the answer is:

economical

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'thrifty' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'make cinema cool' is the wordplay.
'make' is an anagram indicator.
'cinema'+'cool'='cinemacool'
'cinemacool' anagrammed gives 'ECONOMICAL'.

'way to' is the link.
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(Other definitions for economical that I've seen before include "Money-saving" , "Inexpensive" , "Reasonable" , "Careful" , "saving money" .)

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