Wordy Wednesday 664: Framelinks 28

WORDY WEDNESDAY #662
LOGICROSSWORD 17 (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:
Derek Allen **
Michael Lebowitz **
Randy Rogers **
Russ Kale **
Kevin Orfield **
Marie desJardins **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Steve Levy **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #663
TOUCHWORD 33 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #664
FRAMELINKS 28
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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 A A   B   C C C C   D   E E E E E E E E E E E   G G G G   H H   I I I I I I I I I
L L L L L   M M M   N N N   R R R R R   S S S   T T T T T T T T   U U U 

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 5-letter word for "One-twentieth of a Benjamin"?
* Patron Puzzle #136, which will be delivered on September 8, 2025, exclusively to Patreon supporters at the Super Fan level and up ($5 or more per month), is a Framelinks.

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