WORDY WEDNESDAY #332
TOUCHWORD 15 (answer)
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WORDY WEDNESDAY #333
HEX PATHFINDER 21 (hint)
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WORDY WEDNESDAY #334
PATHFINDER 18
In this puzzle, each answer starts in the correspondingly numbered square, goes in some direction, and makes one or more right-angled turns as it winds through the grid. When you have finished, every letter will be used in exactly two entries.Rearrange the letters in the shaded spaces to get the final answer, an 8-letter word.
2 Philosopher who’s the namesake of Pugsley's pet octopus in The Addams Family (9)
3 Multi-storied Asian temple (6)
3 Declined to bid, as in a card game (6)
4 “____ (Not Constantinople)” (1953 song by The Four Lads famously covered by They Might Be Giants) (8)
5 1984-1994 Ford compact car (5)
6 Athena, for one (7)
7 “____ Falls” (Chicago song) (7)
8 Carved pillars made by some Native Americans (5 5)
9 Step in a flight (5)
10 National song (6)
11 Reduced friction, in a way (5)
12 2000 Broadway play based loosely on Horton Hears a Who! (9)
13 Military pilot (6)
14 Make a choice (6)
15 Physicist Hall (5)
16 “Blue ____ Shoes” (5)
17 Structure on which religious offerings are made (5)
18 “____ Ways” (Journey song) (8)
19 County seat in New York’s Oneida County (5)
20 ____ Mack (2017-2019 Disney Channel show) (4)
21 2004-2007 Comedy Central series parodying reality television (5 8)
22 Fortune-telling deck (5)
23 Exchange ____ (4)
24 Away from the outside (6)
25 Obligation (4)
26 The main character in The Emoji Movie (2017) (4)
27 Curative (11)
WORDY WEDNESDAY #335
PENT WORDS 67
1 Kissing to Be ____ (Culture Club album) / Yes, ____ (2000-2006 sitcom)
2 Toto song being played on infinite loop by a solar-powered speaker in the Namib Desert / "____ Sides, Now" (Joni Mitchell song)
3 Sega console also known as the Mega Drive / Tear
4 Certain Toyota sedan / ____ and for all
5 Prevent enactment of, as a bill / Uprights and grands
6 Dutch Renaissance figure / Juvenile newt
7 Ancient Greek harp / Actor Estevez
8 Olive Garden offering / Children's poet Michael often featured in YouTube Poop videos
9 Do again / Group of whales
10 Elect / "She Thinks My Tractor's ____" (Kenny Chesney song)
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Adhesive resin
* Word following "horse" or "common"
* Daub
* Mythical Greek hunter
* Devil
* American buffalo
* Baking need
* Auctioneer's item
* Buildings for storing grain
* Walking sticks
* Falstaff composer
* Battlefield ___ (2000 film starring John Travolta)
* Raised structure for sacrifices
* Certain narcotic
* Green sauce made with basil
* Narrow boat propelled by a paddle
* Greek Muse of love poetry
* ____ and Present Danger (1994 film)
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