PUZZLE #256
MOVING STAIRCASES 9
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 movie 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
* Brewing company that made the first successful light beer
* Foppish, archaically (Anagram of SIDDHU)
* Late comedienne Joan
* Magician's word that originated in the Italian language
* Sheriff's supporting groups
* Travelling show with trapeze artists and tightrope walkers
* X-Men member who's skilled in card throwing
LONGS
* 3000 _____ Graceland (2001 Kevin Costner film): 2 wds.
* Certain golf clubs
* Easily offended by anything lewd
* Emulate a spirit taking over someone's body
* Round racetrack for motorcars
* With "The", Kenny Rogers song with the lyrics "Know when to fold 'em"
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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