Wordy Wednesday 593: Touchword 32

WORDY WEDNESDAY #591
CODEWORDS 27 (answer)

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Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Derek Allen **
Michael Lebowitz **
Pavel Curtis **
Randy Rogers **
Russ Kale **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #592
CODEWORDS 28 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #593
TOUCHWORD 32
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This puzzle contains a word suggested by Jason Boomer. Support me on Patreon at the Super Fan level ($5/month) and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the Ultra Fan level ($20/month) to suggest one seed word every month!
In a crossword, words cross each other; in this puzzle, they merely touch. More specifically, all answers read across, and every letter shares an edge with at least one identical letter either immediately above or immediately below. The top and bottom rows are considered adjacent. (If you want more of these puzzles, the author offers the Touchword subscription service Outside the Fox Puzzles.) Arrange the letters in the shaded squares to form the final answer, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 8-letter word.

1 Speedy / Worst-____ scenario / Steal cattle
2 Starch used in some pudding / Proceed with great difficulty
3 Proscribed / Publisher Condé / Flock of geese
4 Square-muzzled primate / Eager / Once more
5 Ancient city associated with hanging gardens / Spanish painter Francisco / Conceited
6 Suggestive / Without company / Pertaining to birds
7 Procyon lotor, familiarly / Muppet who doesn’t use first-person pronouns / Container for liquid medicine
8 Famous site of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech: 2 wds.
9 Singer Ronstadt / A citrus fruit / A great number
10 Peace of ____ / Divorcee’s payment / Abbey ____ (Beatles album)
11 Place where coins are made / Slender / Experiencing success after success: 3 wds.
12 Trench around a castle / Small, narrow portion / Ring-shaped coral island
13 Long-snouted tropical American mammal / Journalist Geraldo / “I ain’t the sharpest ____ in the shed” (lyric from “All Star” by Smash Mouth)
14 Center, as of an apple / Very angry / A type of firearm
15 Not common / “Darn it!” / Paul’s letter to the Galatians, for one

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What website with an alien mascot named Snoo?

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Wordy Wednesday 592: Codewords 28

WORDY WEDNESDAY #590
PENT WORDS 118 (answer)

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Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Cole Kendall **
Derek Allen **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Pavel Curtis **
Randy Rogers *
Russ Kale **
Kevin Orfield **
Patrick Jordan *
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Tower **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #591
CODEWORDS 27 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #592
CODEWORDS 28
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This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron AlphaWhiteFang. Support me on Patreon at the Super Fan level ($5/month) and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the Ultra Fan level ($20/month) to suggest one seed word every month!

In the crossword puzzle above, every letter is represented by an integer from 1 through 26. You must decipher the code to reveal the words.

Arrange the letters in the shaded spaces to spell the final answer, an eight-letter word.

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 15-letter, 2-word answer for "Famous site of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 'I Have a Dream' speech"?

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Wordy Wednesday 591: Codewords 27

WORDY WEDNESDAY #589
TOUCHWORD 31 (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 **
Derek Allen **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Pavel Curtis **
Randy Rogers **
Russ Kale **
Kevin Orfield **
Patrick Jordan **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Tower **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #590
PENT WORDS 118 (hint)

As of this writing, 14 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #591
CODEWORDS 27
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In the crossword puzzle above, every letter is represented by an integer from 1 through 26. You must decipher the code to reveal the words.

Arrange the letters in the shaded spaces to spell the final answer, an eight-letter word.

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* A Codewords!

Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 590: Pent Words 118

WORDY WEDNESDAY #588
FRAMELINKS 22 (answer)

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

WORDY WEDNESDAY #589
TOUCHWORD 31 (hint)

As of this writing, 14 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #590
PENT WORDS 118
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This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron Cindy Heisler. Support me on Patreon at the Super Fan level ($5/month) and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the Ultra Fan level ($20/month) to suggest one seed word every month!

In this puzzle, you must divide the grid into pentominoes (regions containing five cells each), and write a letter in each cell. The rows, reading from left to right, will contain the words hinted at by the Across clues. The letters in the pentominoes, in reading order (left to right starting with the top row), will form the words hinted at by the Pentominoes clues; these clues are presented in no particular order. (In the example, the rows spell PLANT, SHARE, and BITES, and the pentominoes spell the words PLANS, TREES, and HABIT.) Use the ACROSS answers to determine where the pentominoes are.

ACROSS (two answers per row):
1 Slowly swing back and forth / Neither masculine nor feminine
2 Pole on a ship / Greatly enjoy
3 Moby-Dick captain / Item thrown by Donkey Kong
4 Hoofed animal associated with Canada / Cleaning product brand
5 India pale ____ / Kneecap
6 Suffocate / Days of ____ Lives (soap opera)
7 Stuff inside an hourglass / Breakout
8 “Defying ____” (song from Wicked) / “Jack Sprat could eat no ____. . .”
9 Space ____ (Seattle landmark) / “____ in peace”
10 Stone pillar with a pointy top / “____ transit gloria mundi”
PENTOMINOES:
• HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
• THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
• ____ plexus
• Prize namesake Alfred
• In that place
• One who is defiant
• Establishments offering espresso
• ____ Mouth (rock band)
• Outer covering of an egg
• Perils
• Watchmaker’s magnifier
• Former CNN anchor Don
• Verboten
• Be of one mind
• John of True Grit (1969)
• “Gangnam ____” (2012 hit for rapper Psy)
• Wombs
• Sudden flood
• Collect
• Upper room often used for storage

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* A Codewords!
* Patron Puzzle #119, which will be delivered on April 8, 2024, exclusively to Patreon supporters at the Super Fan level and up ($5 or more per month), is a Super Pent Words.

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