Wordy Wednesday 416: Section Six 41

WORDY WEDNESDAY #414
HEX PATHFINDER 25 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #415
PENT WORDS 83 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #416
SECTION SIX 41
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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 Chewing gum brand

2 Bear whose first appearance was on The Huckleberry Hound Show

3 ____ cream (custard dessert)

4 Will who appeared in the 2006 documentary Wordplay

5 Part of a reciprocating engine

6 Italian city where the Palazzo San Giorgio is located

Ring 2

* ____ stew (stew that often has mutton)

* Controlled, as a boat or plane

* Idea

* ____ Carter (2015-2016 Marvel TV series)

* Razor sharpener

Ring 3

* Fred of The Wonder Years

* Contributing to a charity, say

* ____ citizen

* ____ Lizzy (“The Boys Are Back In Town” band)

Ring 4

* Like the glass in some church windows

* California governor Newsom

* Voice actress Tara of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Ring 5

* Paying no heed to

* Relieve one’s anger, perhaps

Ring 6

* The 41-Year-Old ____ Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It (2010 film with quite possibly the lowest ratio ever of average IMDb rating to title length)

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 7-letter word for "____ Jones (2001 film whose title character is a white blood cell)"?

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