Wordy Wednesday 584: Snake Crisscross 27

WORDY WEDNESDAY #582
TOUCHWORD 30 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #583
DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 15 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #584
SNAKE CRISSCROSS 27
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This puzzle’s crisscross grid contains entries which read across and down as normal; these are defined in alphabetical order by length under the heading “Crisscross Words”. The grid also needs to be divided into a number of areas which follow a single clear path, called “snakes”. Each of these snakes contains an entry reading from one end of the path to the other; these are defined in alphabetical order by length under the heading “Snake Words”. You must determine how the grid is divided into snakes and which entry corresponds to each snake.

Arrange the letters in the highlighted cells to form the final answer, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 8-letter word.

CRISSCROSS WORDS
3 LETTERS
Sheet used by an animator
Prominent shark feature
Handgun, slangily
____ the Science Kid (PBS Kids series)
Turf
4 LETTERS
Gatherings of comic book fans or of furries, briefly
Jane ____ (Charlotte Brontë novel)
Ctrl+Y function, often
Horse rider’s strap
Loose-fitting outer garment
Soft mineral
“____ shalt have no other gods. . .”
Ensnare
5 LETTERS
Something of value
1994 action flick erroneously referred to by Homer Simpson as “The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down”
Recurring motif
6 LETTERS
More than just request
A type of printer
United States ____ Service
Talked back
7 LETTERS
Gospel singer and vocal band leader Bill
8 LETTERS
The ordinate’s counterpart in Cartesian coordinates
10 LETTERS
Finds through careful searching: 2 wds.
With “The”, pro wrestler Mark William Calaway’s ring name
SNAKE WORDS
5 LETTERS
Over
Abrasive mineral
Style of abstractionism that uses visual illusions: 2 wds.
Not fresh
6 LETTERS
University of Texas Permian Basin’s city
7 LETTERS
Pine, for one
Williams who designed the King’s Quest series of adventure games
Member of a jazz orchestra
“____ lies the problem”
8 LETTERS
They stand the test of time
9 LETTERS
Geographical region once linked to the Confederacy: 2 wds.
10 LETTERS
Baseball great known as Captain Clutch: 2 wds.
11 LETTERS
Short-legged hare-hunting dog breed: 2 wds.

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