Wordy Wednesday 546: Section Six 54 & Wordy Wednesday 547: Anacrossword 32

WORDY WEDNESDAY #544
TOUCHWORD 28 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #545
PENT WORDS 109 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #546
SECTION SIX 54
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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 takes two to do this dance
2 Blueprint
3 One without an appointment: hyph.
4 Sequence of events in a fictional work
5 Gifts from Santa, perhaps
6 Truly

Ring 2
* Unexpected blessing
* Big name in computers that became RadioShack
* “____ Night” (Christmas song)
* Sarcasm
* One of the first two words in a children’s song about a little star

Ring 3
* Mode of human-powered transportation consisting of a chair attached to carrying poles, or a type of car
* Bills depicting Hamilton
* Subject of a crisis, perhaps
* Harry Potter creator’s surname

Ring 4
* Port of ____
* Felt a sudden sharp pain
* John McEnroe’s sport

Ring 5
* Gizmo
* Number of minutes in a soccer game

Ring 6
* Fred of the sitcoms Car 54, Where Are You? and The Munsters

WORDY WEDNESDAY #547
ANACROSSWORD 32
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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
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33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64
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65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89
• A high backcombed hairstyle
• Oil company whose logo contains two V-shaped figures
• Entryway for Santa Claus
• Omit something important to save time or money: 2 wds.
• Italian model Lanzoni
• Guadalajara gala
• One who’s easily angered
• Title character of a 1988 Roald Dahl novel
• Emery board used by a pedicurist: 2 wds.
• Something so revered as to be unreasonably immune from criticism: 2 wds.
• Charlie Brown’s sister
• Nestlé chocolate morsel brand: 2 wds.
• Heavy or serious
• “____ in the Sky” (Journey song)
• What Jesus turned water into, according to the Gospel of John
• Chocolate-flavored beverage brand: hyph.

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