Wordy Wednesday 559: Snake Crisscross 25

WORDY WEDNESDAY #556
SECTION SIX 55 (answer)
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Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Derek Allen **
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Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Tyler Hinman **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #557
ANACROSSWORD 34 (hint)
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WORDY WEDNESDAY #558
DIAGRAMLESS CROSSWORD 12 (hint)
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WORDY WEDNESDAY #559
SNAKE CRISSCROSS 25
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This puzzle contains words suggested by patron Cathy Bowen and patron M. Sean Molley. Support me on Patreon at the Super Fan level ($5/month) and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the Ultra Fan level ($20/month) to suggest one seed word every month!
This puzzle’s crisscross grid contains entries which read across and down as normal; these are defined in alphabetical order by length under the heading “Crisscross Words”. The grid also needs to be divided into a number of areas which follow a single clear path, called “snakes”. Each of these snakes contains an entry reading from one end of the path to the other; these are defined in alphabetical order by length under the heading “Snake Words”. You must determine how the grid is divided into snakes and which entry corresponds to each snake.

Arrange the letters in the highlighted cells to form the final answer, an 8-letter word.
CRISSCROSS WORDS
3 LETTERS
Certain limb
What a beaver builds
Make a mistake
Actress Longoria
Confederate general Robert E. ____
Body of agua
Notorious cryptocurrency entrepreneur Bankman-Fried
4 LETTERS
Prayer-ending word
Do last-minute studying for a test
Reverberate
Genesis paradise
Jane ____ (Charlotte Brontë novel)
Certain apple variety
Game show host Monty
False god
Disembark
Socially awkward person
The Secret Life of ____ (2016 animated movie)
Two cups
Sulk
Mexican foodstuff in a crunchy shell
5 LETTERS
Walk with an easy gait
Harsh
Deck often used in fortune-telling
The human trunk
6 LETTERS
Creed played by Carl Weathers in the Rocky movies
“I ____ allegiance to the flag. . .”
Smooth transitions
7 LETTERS
Boo from Baldur’s Gate III is this type of rodent
City near Galveston Bay
Shrimp, lobster, and oysters, say
____ glass window
11 LETTERS
Idiot (or someone addicted to clammy soup?)
SNAKE WORDS
5 LETTERS
God’s name in Islam
Right, as a wrong
Fall bloomer
Group of singers in a church
Suspicious
Month before April
Crow relative
6 LETTERS
Mint that excites felines
Distributed ____ of service attack
Spoonful, as of sour cream
Play roulette or craps, say
Book of accounting records
7 LETTERS
Skilled speakers
Colorfully-named tree
Leave for a short while: 2 wds.
8 LETTERS
Unable to differentiate musical pitches: hyph.
9 LETTERS
City in which the Museum Van Loon is located
10 LETTERS
Visitor to one’s abode

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 5-letter word for "Andrews of Mary Poppins"?
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