Continuing the tradition from last year, this week the Wandering Wordsman honors the Academy Awards by offering a puzzle for a Best Picture winner:

A former singer deals in fashion and misinformation until leaving town to take care of some unfinished business.  A man who works in the communications industry is arrested for acquiring valuable information, but then a man who once stole his most treasured possession gives him the greatest gift of his life.

Last week’s puzzle:

A former employee of an insurance firm gets into trouble because he can’t let go of his old job.  A trip to the tropics improves his mood but leaves him with some big problems to deal with when he gets home.

And the answer is . . . ▼