Wordy Wednesday 454: Pathfinder 27

WORDY WEDNESDAY #452
CODEWORDS 16 (answer)

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Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen *
Karen Spencer **
Tyler Hinman **
Kevin Orfield **
Michael Lebowitz **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #453
PUZZLE BUFF'S NIGHTMARE (hint)

As of this writing, 6 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's a hint. 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!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #454
PATHFINDER 27
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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.

1 ____ Without a Cause (1955 film) (5)

2 Sci-fi adventure video game published by Chucklefish in 2016 (9)

3 Devilish (7)

4 Lewinsky who became famous from a Bill Clinton scandal (6)

5 ____ duck (Chinese dish) (6)

6 German physician Alois after whom a form of dementia was named (9)

7 Cartoon character who sings “Oh My Darling, Clementine” (11 5)

8 The ____ and I (4)

9 Gentle breeze (6)

10 Experimental test subjects (3 4)

11 2007 Disney film starring Amy Adams as Princess Giselle (9)

12 Dawdle (10)

13 Rational (4)

13 Outer covering of an ear of corn (5)

14 Holdup (5)

15 Doughy (6)

16 De novo (4)

17 Storekeeper (8)

18 ____ 6 (lodging chain) (5)

19 Sleeper’s affliction, perhaps (5)

20 Word after “martial” or “liberal” (4)

21 Covalent ____ (4)

22 “____ Madonna” (hit song for The Beatles) (4)

23 Unofficial vote (5 4)

24 Move like a horse, perhaps (6)

25 People hired to park customers’ cars (6)

25 Tramp (8)

26 A type of alga (6)

27 William Randolph Hearst’s great-granddaughter who’s a fashion model (5)

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 5-letter word for "Welcome to ____ (2021 Disney+ series starring Will Smith)"?

* What's a 6-letter word for "Rapper associated with the Sirius XM station Shade 45"?  

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