PUZZLE #96: Moving Staircases 5

PUZZLE #96

MOVING STAIRCASES 5

The two staircase-shaped halves of a "Moving Staircases" puzzle are designed to be pushed together in two different ways, horizontally and vertically. A horizontal push creates shorter words ("Shorts"), while a vertical push creates longer words ("Longs"). The example above shows a completed grid and the grids that result from pushing it both ways. The lists of clues given for the Shorts and Longs are not in order; it's up to you to determine where the answers go by working back and forth between the two lists.

Once you've completely filled out the grid, the FINAL ANSWER (the name of a two-word hit song from the 1980s) will be hidden inside it; one of the words is hidden horizontally (is it a Short or a Long? that's up to you to find out!), while the other is hidden vertically.

SHORTS

* 2016 video game from the creators of Limbo

* Buffoons, archaically (HINT: It's the answer to "Dryly humorous" with an "S" at the end)

* Dan who created Community and Rick and Morty

* Fictional author Snicket

* Seven and the _____ Tiger (Duran Duran album)

* The Rainmaker (1997) actor Jon

* The Twilight Zone often had one with a twist

LONGS

* Fifth _____ ("Work from Home" group)

* French newspaper whose name translates to "The World": 2 wds.

* Honda hybrid that preceded the Prius in the US by seven months

* Invalidating or nulling

* Pulled along the ground

* Signs up for a college class

I know a lot of these clues seem tough, but remember that you can always look up the answers if you so wish. Anyways, once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a version you can print out!