Solution to White Label by Henri

 White Label by Henri - Solution

•        Overall concept:

•        The 1949 film The Third Man starring Orson Welles

•        Extra and missing letters spell out:

•        WAS PERHAPS HAROLD PHILBY’S FIELDING POSITION

•        Harold ‘Kim’ Philby was a British intelligence officer and the so-called ‘Third Man’ of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring who divulged British secrets to the USSR in the 1940s / 1950s

•        ‘Third Man’ is a fielding position in cricket

•        The above, plus the “20th century classic” should direct the solver to the thematic film

•        Highlighting:

•        Location: a key scene in the film takes place on the Ferris wheel in Vienna, DAS WIENER RIESENRAD, depicted here as a circle (almost)

•        Title:

•        Musician Jack White owns a record Label called ‘Third Man’ (yes, it’s obscure…!)

•        Additional hidden hints:

•        (White L)Abel was the third man (after Adam and Cain), per the Biblical myth

•        10d mentions Harry Lime, a major character in The Third Man

17d mentions cuckoo clock, the subject of a memorable Harry Lime quote from the film