A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog: Wordy Wednesday 701: Codewords 35

WORDY WEDNESDAY #700
PENT WORDS 140 (hint)

As of this writing, 13 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 #701
CODEWORDS 35
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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, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 8-letter word. Note that all of the crossword entries are also Scrabble-legal.

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

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

Who's the author?

Grant Fikes has been writing logic puzzles in an amateur capacity since 2005, and in a professional capacity since 2013. He serves as one of the most prolific contributors to the blog on Grandmaster Puzzles; his works have also appeared in Akil Oyunlari, in Sudoku Xtra, the United States Puzzle Competition (2012-2014), and in a smartphone app. Grant has also created Kakuro puzzles for Kakuro Conquest (the puzzles haven't appeared yet, for whatever reason). As a word puzzle constructor, Grant's puzzles have appeared in the short-lived Will Shortz's Wordplay, in GAMES World of Puzzles, and in the smartphone app Bonza, and his creation Pent Words has won an award from Kadon Enterprises. His email address is glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com.

Excluding puzzles in the Logicsmith Exhibition series which were created by others, or where otherwise indicated, all puzzles on this blog are the intellectual property of Grant Fikes, and are released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

Wordy Wednesday 701: Codewords 35

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