PUZZLE #294
EAT YOUR WORDS 5
In this puzzle, the words hinted at by the numbered clues (The "Numbered
Words") can "eat" a word hinted at by a different set of clues (The "Eaten
Words") without rearranging any of the letters. For example, the word BIT
can eat the word AND to form BANDIT. All of the new words are entered
into the grid in the order of the Numbered Words, and the Eaten Words are in
no particular order.
Once all of the new words have been placed, the letters in the
highlighted third column will spell out two more words. Insert one of the
column's new words into the other to get the FINAL ANSWER: The name of a
film from the early 1980s
NUMBERED WORDS
1) One of Mr. Krabs' pincers
2) "No ifs, ands, or _____!"
3) Bald tire's lack
4) With "The", home of the Hobbits
5) Wooden fishing spot
6) 20-sided objects in Dungeons & Dragons
7) Like foods that might make you obese
8) Welcome to Walmart, say
9) Disembodied hand from The Addams Family
EATEN WORDS
* 247 ÷ 247
* Al B. _____! ("Nite and Day" singer)
* Bravos at a bullfight
* Completely conks out
* Hulk co-creator Lee
* It's not me
* Mahershala who won Best Supporting Actor Oscars for both Moonlight and Green Book
* Pinterest, Pandora, or Pokémon Go, for example
* Prove one's literacy
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 link to a .PDF version which you can print out!
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