PUZZLE #582
PUZZLE IN THE ROUND 9
This puzzle type was suggested by Patron Grant Fikes. Normally, you can suggest a puzzle type of your own choice over on my Patreon page, but both slots are still full, so you might have to resort to PayPal if you still want to make a request of your own.
To solve this tough puzzle, fill in as many of the 5-letter answers next to their clues as you can. Next, look for shared letters, and then enter each letter into its correct place in the diagram (though you'll most likely need to scramble the order of the letters to make them fit). The letter in the grid's center will be shared by all of the answer words. As a little hint, look for unshared letters to help you determine the letters that will go in the outer ring to form the FINAL ANSWER, reading from 1 to 24.
The FINAL ANSWER is the name of a grammatically incorrect Internet meme
1) Brazilian ballroom dance
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2) The Silence of the _____ (1991 horror film)
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3) Culpability often shifted onto someone else
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4) "Ehhh, it's a possibility"
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5) The city of Townsville's leader in The Powerpuff Girls, for one
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6) Trashy talk show well-known for its paternity tests that lasted over 30 seasons
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7) Supply with weapons again
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8) Honey-colored
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9) 2016 animated Disney movie set in Polynesia
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10) Perry _____ (fictional TV lawyer)
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11) Angel's opposite
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12) He never stays in the same place for very long
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13) Gru's eldest adopted daughter in the Despicable Me films
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14) 24th (and final) letter in ancient Greece
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15) Action hero first played by Sylvester Stallone in First Blood (1982)
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16) "When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie, that's _____"
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17) Florence Foster Jenkins star Streep
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18) Atlanta university where Jimmy Carter once taught
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19) Literal gold digger such as Donkey Kong at the start of Donkey Kong Bananza
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20) Filthy stuff to scour out
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21) Paris _____ (French subway system)
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22) Basement Jaxx song named after Juliet's lover
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23) Lament a loss
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24) Standards that are to be expected
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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!
