Wordy Wednesday 6: Crazy Word Games

WORDY WEDNESDAY #4
DIAGRAMLESS HELTER SKELTER (answer) It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Eric Prestemon *
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Lance **
James McGowan **
Mark Tilford **
Randy Rogers **
Scott Handelman **
Walker Anderson *

WORDY WEDNESDAY #5
PENT WORDS (hint) 3 people have solved last week's puzzle so far. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version that does half of the work for you by dividing the grid into pentominoes. All you have to do is write the letters in! Send your solutions to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #6
CRAZY WORD GAMES
(click here for a PDF version)

This puzzle is a contest! The winner of this contest will receive a signed copy of Will Shortz's Wordplay, a magazine in which I had the honor of being published, and a volume of Word Games Puzzles (I ordered a 12-volume value pack, and this one happened to be a duplicate of what I already owned). Just like the last contest, the winner will be determined by random draw; solve the puzzle correctly within the next week to get two entries, and within the week after that (when an easier version will be posted) to get one entry.

WORLD CAPITALS
1. ____ artichoke: K3 C5 Q3 R1 P5 O2 L4 O1 M3
2. Birthplace of Pope Francis: R2 R1 N3 R3 B1 X2 V1 J1 W4 M4 X3
3. ____ sprout: O4 N1 V4 T3 H5 F3 K4 G2
4. Mentioned in “Marines' Hymn”: Q4 A2 J1 I4 I5 A1 C3

CHANGE-A-LETTER MOVIES
1. Macaulay Culkin copies himself: R4 X1 T2 R5 M1 D4 B1 L1 D1
2. Audrey Hepburn works at a salon: P2 S2 L5 N5 B4 S1 A1 H3 F2 P4
3. Michael J. Fox sews up a wound: O4 G1 E1 V2 J2 X1 W3 L5 S3 H4 R1 A4 V4 S5 Q2
4. Russell Crowe digs for gold: V1 O4 W2 D2 V4 D5 U2 J5 R1 B5 M3 H2 B2 F5

BY THE NUMBERS
1. Price of a shave and a haircut: U3 Q5 U4 O4 V3 I1 U1
2. Reginald Rose courtroom drama: Q1 Q5 E4 K4 C1 D1 L3 L1 N2 N1 P4 T2 F3 B2
3. Nursery rhyme rodents: K5 A5 F1 S4 J4 R2 B3 C3 I3 W1 M3 U2 C2 M5
4. Everything: X4 K2 A3 Q5 A5 B1 B3 P3 O5 F4 I2 T1 S2 G1 F1 W1 M2

FIVE+FOUR=ONE
1. SMIRK+GOAL: E3 H2 B5 I5 N2 G5 K1 T2 T3
2. ARBOR+TADS: T5 C4 P1 E2 R2 U4 L3 G3 J3
3. DEANS+TONS: U1 H3 I2 N4 O3 E5 B1 R3 A3
4. SNIFF+PROG: X1 H1 T4 G4 I4 Q3 L2 D3 N2