Wordy Wednesday 712: Letravex 7

WORDY WEDNESDAY #710
PENT WORDS 142 (answer)

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Joseph DeVincentis **
Russ Kale **
Sam Levitin **
Cathy Bowen **
Derek Allen **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Marie desJardins **
Michael Lebowitz **
Pavel Curtis **
Richard West **
Ryan Faley **
SquishmallowsUnited **
Steve Levy **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #711
MINI TOUCHWORD 15 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #712
LETRAVEX 7
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Write the 4-letter clue answers in the square tiles in the grid, one letter per triangle, so that adjacent triangles across tiles have the same letter. Each answer reads clockwise, starting in the triangle indicated by the arrow. Answers are alphabetized; you must determine which answer goes in which tile. The letters on the grid’s perimeter will spell the final answer, a song title, going clockwise from the leftmost triangle on the top edge. 

• Local ____ network ↓
• “Sole Survivor” band →
• Lumberjacks’ needs ←
• Country singer Langley ←
• Smooch →
• An animal’s den ↓
• Final ←
• Malicious →
• Beef or pork ←
• Wrack and ____ ←
• Pepper’s partner →
• Witnessed ←
• ____-indulgence ↑
• Stride →
• Arduous journey ↑
• ____ interface ↓

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* A Codewords!

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Wordy Wednesday 711: Mini Touchword 15

WORDY WEDNESDAY #709
ANACROSSWORD 52 (answer)

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Joseph DeVincentis **
Russ Kale **
Sam Levitin **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Derek Allen **
Joe Bernard **
Marie desJardins **
Michael Lebowitz **
Pavel Curtis **
Randy Rogers **
Richard West **
Ryan Faley **
SquishmallowsUnited **
Steve Levy **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #710
PENT WORDS 142 (hint)

As of this writing, 14 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 #711
MINI TOUCHWORD 15
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This puzzle contains a word suggested by tester Joseph DeVincentis. 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!
In a crossword, words cross each other; in this puzzle, they merely touch. More specifically, all answers read across, and 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.) 6-letter word. 

1 The ____ Yard (2005 Adam Sandler film) / St. Louis has the world’s tallest one
2 Jousting implements / The House with a Clock in Its ____ (2018 film)
3 “I Wanna ____ With Somebody” (Whitney Houston song) / Resides
4 Created a cavity in / Black who voiced Anger in Inside Out
5 Middle / Small branch
6 Distinctly different
7 Autonomous vacuum brand / Brief tenure
8 Geometric diamond / Two cups
9 Neighbor of Mongolia and Myanmar / Baseball official
10 A penny is one / Wardrobe once used for storing weapons
11 A type of eel / What a Brit calls a flashlight

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 4-letter word for "Country singer Langley"?

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Wordy Wednesday 710: Pent Words 142

WORDY WEDNESDAY #708
MINI TOUCHWORD 14 (answer)

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Joseph DeVincentis **
Russ Kale **
Sam Levitin **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Derek Allen **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Marie desJardins **
Pavel Curtis **
Randy Rogers **
KeoFam **
Patrick Jordan **
Ryan Faley **
SquishmallowsUnited **
Steve Levy **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #709
ANACROSSWORD 52 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #710
PENT WORDS 142
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In this puzzle, you must divide the grid into pentominoes (regions containing five cells each), and write a letter in each cell. The rows, reading from left to right, will contain the words hinted at by the Across clues. The letters in the pentominoes, in reading order (left to right starting with the top row), will form the words hinted at by the Pentominoes clues; these clues are presented in no particular order. (In the example, the rows spell PLANT, SHARE, and BITES, and the pentominoes spell the words PLANS, TREES, and HABIT.) Use the ACROSS answers to determine where the pentominoes are.

ACROSS (two answers per row):
1 Clue / Fall-blooming flowers
2 Obligation / Tried to find
3 Pupa’s protection / “____ Me Maybe” (Carly Rae Jepsen song)
4 Unit of land area / Actor ____ Seymour Hoffman
5 Muskrat relative / Panhandler
6 Election Day activity / Trick
7 Download illegally / Neap ____
8 One to follow, perhaps / A tropical wading bird
9 Append / Perfect
10 The ____ Scrolls (video game series by Bethesda Game Studios) / “F ____” (1965-1967 sitcom)
PENTOMINOES:
• HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
• THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
• Shred, as cheese
• Very thin pancake
• Knight ____ (1982-1986 TV series)
• ____ con carne
• Shinbone
• Believer in dharma
• Break apart and analyze, as a sentence
• Hot winter drink, often
• Start
• Boxer and cannabis entrepreneur Mike
• “Fools rush in where angels fear to ____”
• Swedish manufacturer of luxury cars
• Put forth, as force
• Single-masted sailboat
• Seasoned rice dish
• It may be acquired
• Play for time
• Not smooth

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's an 11-letter word for "Distinctly different"?
* Patron Puzzle #147, which will be delivered on August 8, 2026, exclusively to Patreon supporters at the Super Fan level and up ($5 or more per month), is a Framelinks.

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