Wordy Wednesday 551: Crypticrostic 19 & Wordy Wednesday 552: Framelinks 19

WORDY WEDNESDAY #549
TOUCHWORD 29 (answer)

Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Cole Kendall **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Tyler Hinman **
Derek Allen *
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #550
PENT WORDS 110 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #551
CRYPTICROSTIC 19
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The answer is 7 letters.

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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 43 44 45 46

Back talk backfires (rough!) for wayfarer __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                                          06 41 25 36 33 29 13
Doyle ordered to sing Alpine music __ __ __ __ __
                                   28 24 46 37 42
Ike sitting in sun is unexpected __ __ __ __ __ __
                                 31 43 40 15 09 23
It is necessary to work bread dough, we hear __ __ __ __
                                             35 20 16 10
Join forces with reporter Anderson __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
    at beginning of exposé         21 12 07 05 45 17 34 44 03
Revolutionary steals bar seat __ __ __ __ __
                              30 19 14 04 38
Small actor Danza in “Rocky” __ __ __ __ __
                             08 11 26 02 39
Some marathon garment: it might be worn as underwear __ __ __ __ __
                                                     32 22 01 18 27

WORDY WEDNESDAY #552
FRAMELINKS 19
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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 A A A A A A   B B B   C C C   D   E E E E E E   H H   I   K K K   L L L L   M   N   O O O O
P P P   R R R R   S S S S S S S   T T T T   U   W   Y Y Y Y Y

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* What's a 5-letter word for "'Anything Could Happen' singer Goulding"?

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