WORDY WEDNESDAY #354
TOUCHWORD 17 (answer)
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WORDY WEDNESDAY #355
PENT WORDS 71 (hint)
As of this writing, 9 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!RYAN FALEY HITS THE BIG THREE-ZERO-ZERO!
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Ring 1
1 Punish a child, perhaps
2 Beverage brand based in, surprisingly enough, New York
3 ____ Columbia (Canadian province)
4 Nocturnal insect inhabiting small crevices
5 The first reindeer mentioned in "A Visit from St. Nicholas"
6 Legend
Ring 2
* Radio host Gregg nicknamed "Opie"
* Innumerable
* ____ Vocal Band (gospel group)
* Classic TV series about the Cartwrights
* Read the ____ act
Ring 3
* Dietary supplement brand created by a schoolteacher
* Word before "party" or "rail"
* ____ of Thrones (2011-2019 HBO series)
* ____ wedding
Ring 4
* Metal band with the album Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?
* 1998 film whose title refers to a Japanese samurai without a master
* Diamond in the ____
Ring 5
* Spiny mammal
* Common type of golf club
Ring 6
* Actor Segal who starred in TV Land's Retired at 35
Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, keep on living, and yappy solving!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #356
SECTION SIX 35
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.
1 Punish a child, perhaps
2 Beverage brand based in, surprisingly enough, New York
3 ____ Columbia (Canadian province)
4 Nocturnal insect inhabiting small crevices
5 The first reindeer mentioned in "A Visit from St. Nicholas"
6 Legend
Ring 2
* Radio host Gregg nicknamed "Opie"
* Innumerable
* ____ Vocal Band (gospel group)
* Classic TV series about the Cartwrights
* Read the ____ act
Ring 3
* Dietary supplement brand created by a schoolteacher
* Word before "party" or "rail"
* ____ of Thrones (2011-2019 HBO series)
* ____ wedding
Ring 4
* Metal band with the album Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?
* 1998 film whose title refers to a Japanese samurai without a master
* Diamond in the ____
Ring 5
* Spiny mammal
* Common type of golf club
Ring 6
* Actor Segal who starred in TV Land's Retired at 35
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 14-letter, 3-word answer for "Colorfully-titled 1968 Vietnam War film starring John Wayne"?Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, keep on living, and yappy solving!
