Wordy Wednesday 286: Section Six 28

WORDY WEDNESDAY #284

TOUCHWORD 11 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #285

PENT WORDS 57 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #286

SECTION SIX 28

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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 Reek
2 ____ of a Salesman
3 Quite old
4 ____ collie
5 It holds everything together
6 Last letter of the Greek alphabet

Ring 2
* At the peak of
* All My ____ (soap opera)
* American painter Thomas Hart ____
* Resident of Port-au-Prince, for example
* Judges

Ring 3
* Object associated with a saint or martyr
* A family's house and its adjoining land
* Actor Glen of Game of Thrones
* Breeding ground

Ring 4
* Thing on a list, perhaps
* Rolled into a helical shape
* Got

Ring 5
* Performer of stand-up, for example
* "I don't know, but I've been ____. . ."

Ring 6
* One of 28 in a gaming set

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 15-letter, 4-word entry for "Musical comedy about missionaries in Uganda"?

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