Wordy Wednesday 667: Letravex

WORDY WEDNESDAY #665
PENT WORDS 133 (answer)

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Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cole Kendall **
Derek Allen **
James Haddad **
Michael Lebowitz **
Pavel Curtis **
Randy Rogers **
Russ Kale **
Adam Weaver **
Kevin Orfield **
Patrick Jordan *
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Steve Levy **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #666
THE PUZZLE FROM HELL (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #667
LETRAVEX
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Write the 4-letter clue answers in the square tiles in the grid, one letter per triangle, so that adjacent triangles across tiles have the same letter. Each answer reads clockwise, starting in the triangle indicated by the arrow. Answers are alphabetized; you must determine which answer goes in which tile. The letters on the grid’s perimeter will spell the final answer, a song title, going clockwise from the leftmost triangle on the top edge.

• Start of a poker pot ←
• The Price is Right host Carey →
• ____-seeking missile ←
• Pay mindful attention ↓
• Slice on either end of a loaf ↑
• Big ____ 6 (2014 Disney animated film) ↓
• Robin ____: Prince of Thieves (1991 film) ↑
• ____ of Wight ↓
• On an even ____ ←
• Legendary story ↓
• ____ and tidy ↑
• Outwardly appear to be →
• “Go away, fly!” →
• Soft drink →
• Brunswick ____ ←
• A sheep’s fleece ↓

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

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Wordy Wednesday 666: The Puzzle from Hell

WORDY WEDNESDAY #664
FRAMELINKS 28 (answer)

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Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Derek Allen **
James Haddad **
Michael Lebowitz **
Pavel Curtis **
Randy Rogers **
Russ Kale **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Steve Levy **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #665
PENT WORDS 133 (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 #666
THE PUZZLE FROM HELL
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Don’t bother spelling it with “double hockey sticks” – it’s way too hot to be playing hockey here.

A whale has one
Board on which felt cutouts of Bible characters might be placed during Sunday school
Creature often chased by a net-wielding SpongeBob SquarePants
Difficult problem
Like the ordering of phone book listings
____ tendon
United States : President :: Germany : ____
Valve game franchise with protagonist Gordon Freeman: hyph.
Waxy, fat-like substance that can clog arteries 

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 4-letter word for "The Price is Right host Carey"?

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Wordy Wednesday 665: Pent Words 133

WORDY WEDNESDAY #663
TOUCHWORD 33 (answer)

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Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Derek Allen **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Pavel Curtis **
Randy Rogers **
Russ Kale **
Kevin Orfield **
Marie desJardins **
Patrick Jordan **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Steve Levy **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #664
FRAMELINKS 28 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #665
PENT WORDS 133
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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 Place to sleep / Fastened with metal bolts
2 “Quite”, for example / “She’s a ____” (Tom Jones song)
3 ____ Pizza (1988 film starring Annabeth Gish and Julia Roberts) / Implements in a winter sport
4 Application / Stimulate, as one’s memory
5 Photo / Deviate
6 Popular song of yore / Cleanse with liquid
7 Behind ____ (in jail) / Harry Potter and the ____ of Fire
8 Helicopter parts / ____ Lake (Tchaikovsky ballet)
9 Certain marine snail / A Chinese tea
10 He was pardoned by Ford / Caesar ____
PENTOMINOES:
• HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
• THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
• ____ bear
• ____ bear
• ____ bear
• ____ bear
• ____ bear
• Weary
• Begets
• “God ____ us, every one!”
• Ebbed
• Three-dimensional spiral
• San ____, California
• Small and glistening, as eyes
• Heron relative
• One-twentieth of a Benjamin
• Menial laborers
• Smiles from ear to ear
• Stanza
• Four-wheel ____

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

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Wordy Wednesday 664: Framelinks 28

WORDY WEDNESDAY #662
LOGICROSSWORD 17 (answer)

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Derek Allen **
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Russ Kale **
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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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