PUZZLE #388
THE SPIRAL SQUARED 6
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
1-6: Pester persistently
7-10: Dutch cheese with a red rind
11-15: In the aforementioned work: 2 wd. abbr.
16-20: Yellow-and-white flower also known as a "dog daisy"
21-27: Speech-synthesizing instrument used in many Daft Punk songs
28-32: Laboratory vessel that widens near the bottom
33-40: King Lear's youngest daughter
41-47: Candelabra seen in the Rugrats special "Chanukah"
48-53: Deep red hue named after a red Bordeaux wine
54-57: German-based grocery chain with over 2,000 U.S. locations
58-65: Lack of pollution that lets environmentalists breathe easy?: 2 wds.
66-73: Capital of South Australia
74-79: Workout that (hopefully) gets the heart pumping, informally
80-84: _____ the beans (blab)
85-90: Without any struggle
91-94: Pointy tip of a trident
95-100: Finally reached the big time: 2 wds.
OUTWARD
100-97: Like a baseball game at the top of the 10th inning
96-90: Bonus convenience during one's hotel stay
89-86: _____ Marie Presley (Elvis' daughter)
85-77: Stretched sphere, in geometry
76-73: A quick game of Super Mario Kart, perhaps
72-67: Used a touch-tone phone pad, say
66-61: Pop star Grande who has a tattoo of the Pokémon Eevee
60-56: Spanish folk hero whose real name is Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar: 2 wds.
55-49: Outside-the-box thinking needed to play MindTrap
48-43: Largest moon of Pluto
42-36: Sent a message to an address that includes "@"
35-31: Shale, slate, and sandstone, to name a few
30-24: Fettuccine _____
23-19: Cluster of quails
18-13: Tiger King subject Joe
12-6: Hair gels once called "greasy kid stuff"
5-1: Silverman who voices Vanellope in Wreck-It Ralph
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 even ask for a hint, though you'll be marked as having used one if you do so) 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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