PUZZLE #572: Slot Machine 6

PUZZLE #572

SLOT MACHINE 6

In this Slot Machine, the Row answers are entered normally, from left to right in the order of the clues given. The Tumbler answers going down are entered in the same way, but all of the Tumblers have been "spun", meaning that the Tumblers' answers can start in any row and continue downwards. When a set of Tumbler answers hit the bottom of the grid, it continues at the start of the same column that it started in. There's also a "Jackpot Answer" that consists of the first letters of the first answer of each Tumbler. In the example above, the Rows spell out INN, TIE, and WOW, while the Tumblers spell out WIT, ION, and NEW, and the first letter of each Tumbler spell out WIN.

This week's FINAL ANSWER is the answer to the Jackpot.

JACKPOT
• Comic book superhero who hails from the future: ? wds.

ROWS

1) Changed back

    Alter _____ (secret identity)

2) Lacy placemats

    Hilda or Zelda, to Sabrina the Teenage Witch

3) Tin Wizard of Oz character wanting a heart

    Went 75 in a 55-MPH zone, e.g.

4) Blue hue of lapis lazuli

    Duplicate a duplicate paper

5) Fight temptation

    Mr. Marner from a George Eliot novel

6) Apple computers that come in "Mini" and "Pro" models

    _____ in Manila (boxing match where Muhammad Ali defeated Joe Frazier for the last time)

7) Southernmost Great Lake

    Poems for the dearly departed

8) Smugly flattering

    Journey or job, in medieval-themed role-playing games

9) Synonym for "however", minus the "ugh"

    Dying spitting sound

10) "Wah, wah, wah! Cry me a river!": Hyph.

      _____ disco (synth-heavy music genre from a boot-shaped country)

11) Longfin tuna: Var.

      British bar where darts are played

TUMBLERS

1) The _____ of Avon (Shakespeare's nickname)

    The closest you can be without getting hot, in a certain guessing game

2) Move like goop

    Tank top part to stick a limb through

3) Plain to see

    "Arrivederci!"

4) Captain America's circular weapon

    Choir's stage platform

5) It's measured in beats per minute

    _____ and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen film)

6) Of this planet (assuming you're not solving this in outer space)

    Pilfered plunder

7) Necessitates

    Original Super Mario Bros. 2 console: Abbr.

8) No longer having any innards

    Computer text format, or computer art that uses said text: Abbr.

9) Kukla, Fran and _____ (early TV puppet show)

    Wrap a wrist with gauze bandages, say: 2 wds.

10) Drag along with difficulty

      Like the culture of Kathmandu's country

11) Prefix for "functional"

      Multimillion-selling platformer video game released to celebrate PlayStation's 30th anniversary in 2024: 2 wds.

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!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cFMJbem0LlowhaBhAcaNjnz0iAJN2WVN/view