Wordy Wednesday 284: Touchword 11

WORDY WEDNESDAY #281
TOUCHWORD 9 (answer)
Here is 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:
Mary Maynard **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #282
TOUCHWORD 10 (hint)
As of this writing, 6 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers 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 #283
HEX PATHFINDER 19 (hint)
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NEW BOARD GAME PROTOTYPE: MAMMALATH!
I'm developing a new board game called Mammalath. It's a simple and short abstract strategy game. Print and cut it out, or play it on Tabletop Simulator! Tell me what you think. :)

WORDY WEDNESDAY #284
TOUCHWORD 11
In a crossword, words cross each other; in this puzzle, they merely touch. More specifically, every letter shares an edge with at least one identical letter either immediately above or immediately below. The top and bottom rows are considered adjacent. (You can think of it as a diagramless, cylindrical Share-A-Letter puzzle.)

Arrange the letters in the shaded spaces to form the final answer, an 8-letter word.
1  Sensational publicity or promotion / Former monetary unit of Greece
2  India’s motion picture industry / TV personality Campos-Duffy
3  Square dance / Give up / Contest between two people
4  Mind / 1/16 of a pound / Figure out logically
5  One who recruits, perhaps / Marinara, for one
6  ____ moss / Bullies / Stabilizing agent in some foods
7  A city in Australia / Reverberate / Mountain lion
8  Normal: 4 wds.
9  Back part of one’s shin / Leftover scraps / Promote
10 Lukasiak of seasons 1-4 of Dance Moms / Ascended / Drench
11 Columbus’s state / A Great Lake / Cake
12 Dickens protagonist Twist / Soda brand favored by Radar on M*A*S*H / Colgate alternative
13 A Serb, for example / Skeleton part / Uppermost
14 Scrabble ____! (card game) / Purchased / 1990 Patrick Swayze film
15 Moderate in temperature / Actor Jackman / City on Puget Sound

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 5-letter word for "Sly 3: Honor ____ Thieves"?

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