Wordy Wednesday 496: Section Six 49

WORDY WEDNESDAY #493
HEX PATHFINDER 30 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #494
FRAMELINKS 15 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #495
PENT WORDS 99 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #496
SECTION SIX 49
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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 It may be granulated

2 The ____ and One Dalmatians (Dodie Smith novel)

3 Bank statement datum

4 Steven of martial arts films

5 One who has served in the armed forces

6 Time long past

Ring 2

* Experience

* Remain

* Kingly

* Simplicity

* Lumiere of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is one

Ring 3

* “Better safe than ____”

* Based on cursory examination: 3 wds.

* Alan of M*A*S*H

* Put up with

Ring 4

* They hold up stockings

* Like a zombie

* Venetian waterway

Ring 5

* Sweater or overcoat whose sleeves extend to the neckline

* Allergen that a dog owner might have to deal with

Ring 6

* ____ 49 (2004 drama film about firefighters)

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