PUZZLE #238
SECTION SIX 6
This puzzle's grid has six rings and six sections. Each ring contains a series of words placed end to end, reading either clockwise OR counterclockwise; all the words in a given ring will read in the same direction. Ring 1 (the outermost ring) contains six answers that read clockwise; the starting spaces are numbered in the grid. Clues for the answers in the remaining rings are given in order, but their starting points and direction are for you to figure out. The sections (separated by the heavy lines radiating from the center) will help you place the inner rings: in a given section, each ring segment contains all but one of the letters in the next segment outward. In other words, a section's outermost segment contains six letters; the next segment inward contains five of those six letters in some order; and so on, until only one of the original six letters remains.
Once you're done, unscramble the six spaces with stars in them to get the FINAL ANSWER: a six-letter word.
RING 1
1) Spiro who was the second Vice President to resign
2) They're no amateurs
3) Sketch comedy show from Rowan & Martin: Hyph.
4) Type of "reality" provided by the Oculus Rift
5) Very run-of-the-mill
6) Resident of Belgrade
RING 2
* "_____ Wood" (Beatles song)
* Hold responsible
* The evil Lord of the Rings from The Lord of the Rings
* Specialty of Ken Jennings and James Holzhauer
* Shell-less gastropod
RING 3
* Autobiography that was adapted into the film What's Love Got to Do with It: 2 wds.
* Deceptive scheme
* Japanese comic book that's read right to left
* "Sweet" opening track from the Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers: 2 wds.
RING 4
* Island nation that was the only known home of the dodo
* Fully matured
* "All your _____ are belong to us" (poorly-translated quote from Zero Wing)
RING 5
* Instruments for Carlos Santana and Slash
* Bruce Wayne's estate
RING 6
* This puzzlemaker's favorite planet (HINT: It involves the number 6)
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 two versions you can print out: a .PNG and a link to a .PDF!
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