Wordy Wednesday 724: Framelinks 30

WORDY WEDNESDAY #722
LETRAVEX 8 (answer)

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Joseph DeVincentis **
Kevin Orfield **
Russ Kale **
Sam Levitin **
Cathy Bowen **
Derek Allen **
Pavel Curtis **
Patrick Jordan *
Ryan Faley **
Steve Levy **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #723
MINI TOUCHWORD 18 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #724
FRAMELINKS 30
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Fill in the empty squares in the diagram with the given letters to form words.
Arrange the letters in the shaded squares to form the final answer, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 8-letter word.

A A A A   B   C C C   D D D   E E E E E E E E E E   F F F   G   H H H   I I I I   L L L   M M   N
O O O O O O   P P   R R R R R   S S S S S   T T T T T T T T T   U U U   W   Y Y Y   Z 

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

• What's a 5-letter word for "Part of LED"?

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