WORDY WEDNESDAY #226
SECTION SIX 22 (answer)
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Jack Bross **
Bryce Herdt **
John Bulten **
Michael Avanessian **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #227
TOUCHWORD 7 (hint)
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WORDY WEDNESDAY #228
SNAKE CRISSCROSS 2 (hint)
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WORDY WEDNESDAY #229
SNAKE CRISSCROSS 3
This puzzle's crisscross grid contains entries which read across and down as normal; these words are defined in alphabetical order by length under the heading “Crisscross Words.” The grid also contains a number of “snakes”: areas which follow a single clear path. Each of these snakes contains an entry which snakes from one end of the path to the other. These entries are defined under the heading “Snake Words”, and are also clued in alphabetical order by length. You must determine how the grid is divided into snakes; no two snakes overlap.Arrange the letters in the highlighted cells to form the final answer, an 8-letter word.
3 LETTERS
Joan of ____
____ rummy
Wildebeest
Sailor
Make an attempt
4 LETTERS
British television presenter Peters
____ and crafts
0’s and 1’s, in computing
Harvest
Lee who hosted Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Son of Tomeo and Maemi Takachiho, in Marvel comics
“The ____ of Our Life” (song sung by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill)
Company with which Nintendo attempted to collaborate to make a CD-ROM-based game console
Use a Taser
Powdered beverage brand
Vincent van Gogh's brother
Buffalo ____
Shout
5 LETTERS
“Heavens to ____!”
Country singer Black
Gold brick
Non-poetic writing
Breathe noisily while sleeping
Domesticates
6 LETTERS
Completely ineffective
Warning bell’s sound
____ wife
7 LETTERS
Certain church props
Use a computer backup
8 LETTERS
A button on a piece of clothing, for example
____ defense (common chess opening)
Dark patches on the surface of our star
13 LETTERS
The most Oscar-winning musical movie of all time, with 10: 3 wds.
SNAKE WORDS
5 LETTERS
Wrath
Static ____
Morels and such
It may be Socratic
Nimble
Florida Senator Rubio
Slow mollusk
Inhibit the growth of
Fortune-telling deck
A region in China
6 LETTERS
Maroon
A simple machine
Calm
Seamstress’s occupation
Maroon
Bullfighter
Apathy
7 LETTERS
Nasal cavities
8 LETTERS
Bathroom breaks during long road trips: 2 wds.
14 LETTERS
Neil deGrasse Tyson, for one
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