PUZZLE #182: The Spiral Squared 2

PUZZLE #182

THE SPIRAL SQUARED 2

This puzzle turns in two directions. The Spiral's "Inward" clues yield a sequence of words to be entered clockwise in the spaces from 1 to 100. The "Outward" clues yield a different set of words to be entered counterclockwise from 100 to 1. Fill in the answers, one letter per space, according to the numbers beside each clue. Make sure to keep track of which way you're going!

Once you've filled out the grid, read out the highlighted squares diagonally to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a ten-letter word.

INWARD

1-4: "Win", "lose", or "draw", for example

5-7: Sheepish remark?

8-10: _____ Always Sunny in Philadelphia

11-17: "Shocking" foe of Spider-Man once played by Jamie Foxx

18-24: RPG video game series where you form "Social Links" starting in the third game

25-30: Hawaiian porches

31-33: _____-weaver spider

34-41: Luxury car with a trident emblem

42-48: Weasel cousins that make great pets

49-53: Insurance company named after a volcano

54-56: Pronoun typed out using only the top row on a keyboard

57-64: Female G.I. Joe villain who sounds like she's a noblewoman

65-73: Apprehend again

74-77: Zebra's hair

78-81: With "The", Jim Carrey character whose catchphrase is "Sssssmokin'!"

82-91: 0.3937 inch, roughly

92-95: Taj Mahal's city

96-100: CHAIN REACTION CLUE! Peach - _____ - Toast

OUTWARD

100-97: Partner of "ready" and "willing"

96-89: Are You There, God? It's Me, _____

88-85: Give off, as fumes

84-81: Adam's apple location

80-73: Wheel of Fortune category with puzzles like "BASKETBALL & SUPREME COURT": 2 wds.

72-70: Monotonous routine

69-64: NBA team based in Indianapolis

63-58: Mexican Mrs.

57-51: Able to float

50-45: _____ Island (it's also called Rapa Nui)

44-40: Overhaul, as a ship

39-36: God of war fought by Wonder Woman in her 2017 film

35-28: Food of the Greek Gods

27-24: Lioness who Simba falls in love with

23-21: Energy drink whose name is the opposite of "yeses"

20-15: Minority _____ (Tom Cruise sci-fi film)

14-7: Princess who raises the sun in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

6-1: Shortened word form, for short

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!