WORDY WEDNESDAY #369
SERIOUS STUMPER BEFUDDLES MANY (answer)
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WORDY WEDNESDAY #370
PENT WORDS 74 (hint)
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WORDY WEDNESDAY #371
TOUCHWORD 18
In a crossword, words cross each other; in this puzzle, they merely touch. More specifically, every letter shares an edge with at least one identical letter either immediately above or immediately below. The top and bottom rows are considered adjacent.
Arrange the letters in the shaded spaces to form the final answer, an 8-letter word.
1 Distort / Approximately 0.621 miles
2 Play roulette, say / Structure on a farm / Be combined into one unit
3 Women and girls / Six years, for a Senator / Entreat
4 Wild / “Smell you ____!” / Treats, as a disease
5 Primate associated with a brand of glue or tape / 2014 title role for Dwayne Johnson
6 Big name in chocolate / Talk idly, in slang / Mathematician Leonhard
7 Actual real name of a mongrel owned by Abraham Lincoln / Preparation that helps provide immunity to a disease / Company that removed “Cab” from its name in 2011
8 55, 89, or 144: 2 wds.
9 Suave / ____ party (sleepover)
10 Evil spirit / Some evergreens / Pertaining to the lower spine
11 Disguising pattern / Meteorological need
12 Big Wolf on ____ (1999-2002 TV series) / Fermented beer / Savage of MythBusters
13 Nutria / One without a companion at a party / ____ cracker
14 Its logo has three ovals / Certain ballroom dance / Attention-attracting interjection
15 Tropical Asian plant also known as a dasheen / ____ Woodstock (2009 film) / Western, colloquially
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