Sunday New York Times Crossword – Career-Day Speaker Schedule by Patrick Merrell

People seemed to like my recluing of the themed answers in last week’s puzzle, so I will continue along that line.

23 Across – What to do when the spy’s parking meter runs out?
28 Across – In West Side Story, she said “This boy don’t need a job, he needs a year in the pen!”
38 Across – Intense, relentless, determined teacher?
58 Across – Davidian administrator?
82 Across – Owner of a new GM?
103 Across – Selling Scorsese?
111 Across – Vinyl archivist?
119 Across – Ingenious, imaginative, innovative scribe?

While Martin Ritt had a long and successful career as a film director, he is also famous for having been blacklisted in the 1950. Out of all the movies Hollywood has made over the years, how many of them have Communists as bad guys? When Hollywood cares more about the 100 million people killed by Communism, then the Hollywood 10 who were blacklisted, I’ll take movies seriously again. I’ve never heard of cire before today, but here’s a dress made out of it…

Will is so going to get letters about the cluing of Kenobi as “Skywalker’s cohort.” Mentor would be much better.