Wordy Wednesday 647: Mini Touchword 5

WORDY WEDNESDAY #645
PENT WORDS 129 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #646
SECTION SIX 64 (hint)

As of this writing, 12 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 #647
MINI TOUCHWORD 5
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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.) 6-letter word.

1 Wooden boxes / Bakery offering
2 Fad / “Mandinka” singer O’Connor
3 Jacket worn by an arsonist? / ____ tube
4 1982 film adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: 2 wds.
5 The obverse side of a coin / Castigate
6 Rope-making fiber / Language from which we get the word “patio”
7 Paint made from egg yolks / Throw
8 Baby Bop of Barney & Friends is one
9 Dupe / Series of cooking instructions
10 Smooth and glossy / Make a choice
11 Scheduled / The Princess ____ (1987 film)

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* A bunch of puzzles that I never got around to finishing. Sorry!
* Patron Puzzle #132, which will be delivered on May 8, 2025, 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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