Wordy Wednesday 482: Crypticrostic 16 & Wordy Wednesday 483: Framelinks 13

WORDY WEDNESDAY #480
PENT WORDS 96 (answer)

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Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Cole Kendall **
Joe Bernard **
Karen Spencer **
Michael Lebowitz **
Tyler Hinman **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #481
DIAGRAMLESS CROSSWORD 8 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #482
CRYPTICROSTIC 16
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The answer is enumerated (5 4). (Note: The final clue ends in an exclamation point, and is &lit.)

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __!

30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

A transgression: imprisoning a Japanese person __ __ __ __ __

                                               30 38 29 05 17

Charming introduction: first part of play has desert plants __ __ __ __ __

                                                            28 23 39 34 07

Church official interferes with temple leader __ __ __ __ __ __

                                              25 14 03 35 10 41

Dirty male friend scratching head __ __ __ __ __

                                  04 13 33 20 42

Musician in Mississippi performance __ __ __ __ __

                                    24 40 01 32 22

Praise synthetic latex __ __ __ __ __

                       27 36 16 08 31

Reddish brown or gold flame __ __ __ __ __ __

                            37 11 15 18 06 19

Reportedly hide fruit __ __ __ __ __

                      12 21 26 02 09

WORDY WEDNESDAY #483
FRAMELINKS 13
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Fill in the empty squares in the diagram with the given letters to form words.

Arrange the letters in the shaded squares to form the final answer, an 8-letter word.

A A A A   B B   C C C C C C C   D D D D D   E E E E E E E E E E   F F   G G   H   I I I   K   L L   M M M M   N N N

O O O O O O   P P   R R R R R R R R R   S S S   T T T T T T   U   V   W   Y Y Y

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* What's a 4-letter word for "1995 Al Pacino/Robert De Niro film"?

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