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% WILDE Wordsmith Oscar who, unlike Dylan, never won an Oscar (5) New York Times Special Crossword Oct 7, 2026
3% NOD Oscar nomination, casually (3) USA Today Aug 22, 2026
3% ANORA 2024 film that won the Best Picture Oscar (5) Wall Street Journal Aug 17, 2026
3% PEELE Jordan who won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay (5) LA Times Daily Aug 15, 2026
2% WIN Have the best time, say (3)
2% HUNDRED Five times twenty (7) (7) Puzzler Oct 4, 2026
2% ELITE Best of the best (5) New York Times Midi Oct 4, 2026
2% NOTONCE Never (7) Newsday Sep 27, 2026
2% SAY "Never ___ never" ("Nothing is impossible") (3)

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