Victor Fleming
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Sunday, February 23, 2014
“Reel-life Anniversary”— Puzzle by a Namesake of 119-Across
Edited by Will Shortz
VICTOR FLEMING (119A. Director of the eight starred films in this puzzle, who was born on 2/23/1889), 125 years ago to the day, is the “honoree” and also the“namesake”, e.g., the constructor, of this extraordinary Sunday crossword, along with the titles of eight films by the director:
THE WIZARD OF OZ(24A. *1939 Judy Garland film)
BOMBSHELL (37A. *1933 Jean Harlow film)
A GUY NAMED JOE (54A. *1943 Spencer Tracy/Irene Dunne film)
GONE WITH THE WIND (68A. *1939 Vivien Leigh/Clark Gable film)
TORTILLA FLAT (89A. *1942 Spencer Tracy/Hedy Lamarr film)
JOAN OF ARC (103A. *1948 Ingrid Bergman film)
RED DUST (5D. *1932 Clark Gable/Jean Harlow film)
LORD JIM (98D. *1925 Percy Marmont film)
Other — ALITO and ROBERTS (1A and 10A. Bush judicial appointee). ENACT and L A LAW (47A. Pass; 46D. 1980s-’90s series based on the fictional firm McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak), LOOSE ENDS (16D. Things that should be tied up by the curtain?), SCOTTIES and SHEEPDOG (57D. Wiry-coated terriers; 10D. What Babe wants to be in “Babe“), SOLIPSIST (60A. Self-absorbed sort), STUDENT ID (83D. Means of access to a cafeteria, maybe).
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