Wordy Wednesday 158: Crypticrostic

WORDY WEDNESDAY #156

SECTION SIX 15 (answer)

It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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:
Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
M. Sean Molley **
Bryce Herdt **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #157

DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 3 (hint)

As of this writing, 7 people have solved last week's 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 #158

CRYPTICROSTIC

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This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron Anthony Bailey. Support me on Patreon at the $5 per month level and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the $20 per month level to suggest one seed word every month!
The answer is a 7-letter word.

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01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45

A Sacha Baron Cohen character and a Stark are in a row __ __ __ __ __ __ __

                                                       03 45 15 25 39 20 23 

Disperses jazz vocalists? __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

                          16 11 43 13 28 21 33 04

Good master of ceremonies for word game __ __ __ __ __

                                        32 05 12 18 08

Hides badly after play on words is penalized __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 

                                             22 38 30 44 41 19 26 40

Magician's skill is marginal, we hear __ __ __ __ __ __ __

                                      10 02 34 07 31 09 42

Verily, a hoodlum hides an oaf __ __ __ __ __

                               35 27 17 24 37

Video streaming site has no time for enchantress __ __ __ __ __

                                                 06 29 14 01 36

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* Two more Foxgeryptics!
* Patron Puzzle #24, which will be delivered exclusively to Patreon supporters ($5 or more per month), is Cryptic Crossword Plus. If you found the cryptic clues in this week's puzzle too easy, you might have slightly more difficulty when the answer to the wordplay portion of each clue includes an extra letter!
* Something big is coming on May 1. . . .

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 157: DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 3

WORDY WEDNESDAY #155

PENT WORDS 31 (answer)

It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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:
Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith *
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
M. Sean Molley **
Bo Green **
Bryce Herdt **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #156

SECTION SIX 15 (hint)

As of this writing, 9 people have solved last week's 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 #157

DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 3

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This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron Jack Bross. Support me on Patreon at the $5 per month level and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the $20 per month level to suggest one seed word every month!

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         ^        ^        ^           ^        ^           ^
*__ __ __ __ __ __.   __ __ __    __ __    __ __    __ __ __ __ __ __
   ^        ^           ^           ^           ^           ^        ^
 __ __ __ __ __,   __ __ __    __ __ __ __ __ __    __ __ __ __ __    __ __ __
         ^           ^           ^        ^           ^        ^           ^
 __ __ __ __ __ __ __   “__ __ __’__    __ __ __ __ __    __ __    __ __.”
      ^        ^           ^        ^           ^           ^

__ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __
01 02 03    04 05 06    07 08 09    10 11 12    13 14 15    16 17 18    19 20 21    

__ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __
22 23 24    25 26 27    28 29 30    31 32 33    34 35 36    37 38 39    40 41 42

__ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __
43 44 45    46 47 48    49 50 51    52 53 54    55 56 57    58 59 60    61 62 63

__ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __
64 65 66    67 68 69    70 71 72    73 74 75    76 77 78    79 80 81    82 83 84

__ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __    __ __ __
85 86 87    88 89 90    91 92 93    94 95 96

Use a guillotine __ __ __ __ __ __
                 42 16 09 60 04 35
Period of a man’s youth __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                        03 73 53 81 95 32 63
It may be geodesic __ __ __ __
                   14 84 52 19
Ghosts ‘n ____ (1985 video game) __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                                 25 61 10 46 37 51 76
Newspaper-dispensing item __ __ __ __ __
                          56 06 36 79 40
Rainy season near the Indian Ocean __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                                   65 67 45 77 57 50 86
Record company founded in Detroit __ __ __ __ __ __
                                  17 87 24 70 91 68
Artificial brain of sorts: 2 wds. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                                  02 66 88 20 62 43 55 29 83
Quilted ____ (toilet tissue brand) __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                                   38 64 05 85 31 22 90 92
Sitting on a horse, for example __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                                15 80 96 78 27 39 93 47 58 28
Two-way radios, colloquially: hyph. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                                    33 01 11 72 34 18 89 07 49 54 75 13 41 
One responsible for an online site __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                                   74 44 48 59 12 82 08 26 30
Word in the name of many Razzie awards __ __ __ __ __
                                       94 71 23 21 69

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* My most cryptic Wordy Wednesday yet. . .

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 156: Section Six 15

WORDY WEDNESDAY #153

ANACROSSWORD 10 (answer)

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Anthony Bailey **
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Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Chris Hendricks **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin & Jonathan **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #154

HEX PATHFINDER 8 (answer)

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Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #155

PENT WORDS 31 (hint)

As of this writing, 10 people have solved last week's 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 #156

SECTION SIX 15

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This puzzle's grid has six rings and six sections. Each ring contains a series of words placed end to end, reading either clockwise or counterclockwise; all the words in a given ring will read in the same direction. Ring 1 (the outer ring) contains six answers that read clockwise; the starting spaces are numbered in the grid. Clues for the answers in the remaining rings are given in order, but their starting points and direction are for you to determine. The sections (separated by the heavy lines radiating from the center) will help you place the inner rings: in a given section, each ring segment contains all but one of the letters in the next segment outward. In other words, a section's outermost segment contains six letters; the next segment inward contains five of those six letters in some order; and so on, until only one of the original six letters remains.

Arrange the letters in the six starred spaces to form the final answer, a 6-letter word.

Ring 1
1 Harbor a grudge against
2 Wise
3 Game franchise featuring Ryuta Kawashima: 2 wds.
4 They might involve conspiracies
5 Normal
6 "You're kidding me!" 2 wds.

Ring 2
* Makes like a bear in winter
* Got bigger
* Popular dip for tortilla chips
* ____ pollution
* Period during which electric service is interrupted

Ring 3
* Magic: The ____ (popular trading card game)
* One of 50 on Old Glory
* Smith's partner in firearms
* Disney duck dressed in green

Ring 4
* In accord with moral law
* Less elevated
* Golden ____ Bridge (San Francisco landmark)

Ring 5
* Corpse eater in Arabic mythology
* Ugly item featured around Christmas

Ring 6
* Andy of "15 minutes of fame" fame

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 7-letter word for "Ghosts ‘n ____ (1985 video game)"?

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 155: Pent Words 31

WORDY WEDNESDAY #152

CODEWORDS 4 (answer)

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Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith *
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
Adam Weaver *
Bryce Herdt **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin *
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #153

ANACROSSWORD 10 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #154

HEX PATHFINDER 8 (hint)

As of this writing, 9 people have solved this puzzle from last week. 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 #155

PENT WORDS 31

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This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron Anthony Bailey. Support me on Patreon at the $5 per month level and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the $20 per month level to suggest one seed word every month!

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 Emulates a boxing referee, perhaps / "I ____ You Dance" (Lee Ann Womack song)
2 Pinky's partner / Planet that's one astronomical unit away from the sun
3 Virtuosity / Publicity piece
4 Sage / Luke Skywalker's father
5 Candies often bought around Easter / ____ of Home (cooking magazine)
6 Tear to pieces / Amalfi Coast's country
7 Like a memorable tune / What M&M's do in your mouth, and not in your hands
8 Stop sign color / Novelist Salman
9 Like Pepe le Pew / It may be pierced
10 Small waterfall / Attempt

PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Windows ____ Player (Microsoft application)
* Wait ____ Dark (1967 thriller)
* ____ and bounds
* A Japanese dog breed
* Novelist Wharton
* "Mo ____ Mo Problems" (The Notorious B.I.G. song)
* Item worn by a chef
* Kiosk
* Was brilliant
* Capital of Western Australia
* Singer Miley
* One of 32 in Monopoly
* Military trainee
* Skedaddle
* Detested
* Evil organization in G.I. Joe
* Use Tinder, perhaps
* Black and white sea creatures

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's an 8-letter, two-word answer for "Game franchise featuring Ryuta Kawashima"?

Until next time, yappy solving!