ANSWERS: Pathfinder

8W) Complete and utter madness: INSANITY

It's been almost two weeks since my first attempt at a "Pathfinder" puzzle was posted on this blog, and nine people since then have correctly solved it, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Mom ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Debbie Benford ***
• Dan Simonds ***
• Lynn Sweeney ****
• Patrick Jordan ****

Now click on "Read more" below for the answers!

1W) REDNECK, 2E) NADINE, 3N) K. ROOL, 4S) SPIDER-HAM, 4S) SPORADIC, 5S) FEAST, 6N) DANCE FLOOR, 7E) CIDER, 8W) INSANITY, 9N) SENDER, 9S) SAN DIMAS, 10S) NINO, 11W) ANDI, 12S) DICIT, 13S) TAPE DELAY, 14S) NAKED EYE, 15S) HAITI, 16W) BRACHIOSAURUS, 17S) MARGE, 18N) KANYE, 19S) HALT, 20N) CARBONARO EFFECT, 21E) GRAMPA, 22S) LAYS, 23N) SOSA, 24S) ALBEE, 25W) TAURUS, 26E) BEZOS, 27E) ZOEY

The letters in the gray squares unscramble to spell out MARKEDLY