Wordy Wednesday 588: Framelinks 22

WORDY WEDNESDAY #586
SECTION SIX 58 (answer)

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Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Derek Allen **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Pavel Curtis **
Russ Kale **
Randy Rogers **
Jason Boomer **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #587
SNAKE CRISSCROSS 28 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #588
FRAMELINKS 22
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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, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 8-letter word.

A A A A A A A A A   B   C C C C   D   E E E E E E E E E E   G G   H H   I I I I I   K K   L L L L L L
O O O O   P P P   R R R R R R   S S S   T T T T   U U   V   W   Y

 

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* In what strategy board game is the goal to surround the opponent’s queen bee?

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