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I've just subscribed to the NYT and started doing the crosswords. I've seen the rebus button before but had no idea what it did.. I thought the funhousemirror answer missing some letters was an imitation of a wonky mirror cutting some of the letters out of view.. thank God I found this article!!

Can anyone enlighten me what the answer UCLA has to do with Victor over Washington in Back to the Future and real life? I love the back to the future films, have watched them all dozens of times and can't make sense of this clue or answer. Thanks!