King ____ was nominated for the best director Oscar five times but never won Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue King ____ was nominated for the best director Oscar five times but never won last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is VIDOR.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% VIDOR King ____ was nominated for the best director Oscar five times but never won (5) The Times Specialist Sunday Dec 3, 2017
3% SNUB Overlook for an Oscar nomination (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 28, 2025
3% CAROL & 2D Best Director Oscar winner for Oliver! (5,4) (5) Mirror Quiz Oct 23, 2025
3% GUSVANSANT Best Director Oscar nominee for Milk and Good Will Hunting (3,3,4) (10) Mirror Quiz Oct 16, 2025
3% ANG Lee with two Best Director Oscars (3) LA Times Daily Oct 12, 2025
3% GANDHI Leader who was nominated for, but never won, a Nobel Peace Prize (6) LA Times Daily Sep 4, 2025
3% OLAFS Five Norwegian kings (5) The Washington Post Mini Sep 4, 2025
2% CAHN Sammy -, lyricist who won a Best Original Song Oscar for Three Coins in a Fountain (4) (4) Mirror Quiz Nov 9, 2025
2% HIGHNOON Gary Cooper won an Oscar for this classic 1952 western (8) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 9, 2025
2% DAISY Driving Miss ____, Best Picture Oscar-winning film (5) The Telegraph Mini Nov 6, 2025

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