Wordy Wednesday 663: Touchword 33

WORDY WEDNESDAY #661
MINI TOUCHWORD 8 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #662
LOGICROSSWORD 17 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #663
TOUCHWORD 33
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Every row has one or more answers clued in order. 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. (If you want more of these puzzles, the author offers the Touchword subscription service Outside the Fox Puzzles.) Arrange the letters in the shaded squares to form the final answer, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 8-letter word.

1 Little Bo-Beep lost them / “Forever in Blue Jeans” singer Diamond / Mia Hamm’s sport
2 Large sea vessel / Risks / Happen
3 Very cheerful / Mythological creature who was trapped in a labyrinth
4 It’s just below the lower jaw / Pathogenic microorganism / Set up, as a new program
5 Alter / 1986-1991 sitcom starring Sherman Hemsley as Deacon Ernest Frye / Not large
6 Certain aquatic bird / Substance covering teeth / Digital message
7 The largest Nordic country / Saunter / Ancient Egyptian goddess of motherhood
8 Portland-based rock band whose hits include “Of Angels and Angles” and “Sixteen Military Wives”: 2 wds.
9 “____ goodness!” / Middle point / Take ____ account
10 Actor Tudyk / Acute / Canada’s largest city
11 Cry of woe / Lottery-like casino game / Diadem
12 Monster / Methuselah’s father / Something of value
13 Kidney ____ / Shark ____ (2004 animated film) / The frame of a car
14 Surround on both sides / Guinness who played Obi-Wan Kenobi / Suspects’ excuses
15 Run away / Leg joint / Diameter of a bullet

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