ANSWERS: Super Sixes 3

v) Open-toed shoe worn by Leni from The Loud House = SANDAL [click here for a comic I made about Leni trying to do a crossword...  emphasis on "trying"]

It's been thirteen days since I posted "Super Sixes 3" on this blog, and an impressive twelve people since then have successfully solved it, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Chris Hendricks ****
• Joe Bernard ****
• Stephen Staver ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Mom ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Debbie Benford ****
• Lynn Sweeney ***
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Dan Simonds ****

Now head below the break for the answers and a couple solver comments!

Here are the answers in text format:

ROWS (from top to bottom):

MAYAN, GNAWS, GEPPETTO, CHERRY BOMB, SANDAL/BANSHEE, NITROGEN/"A HARD", IRONED/CASTMATES, SYMPHONY/AUSTRIA, SEDIMENTARY/CULL, STREAK/KEROUAC, QUINN/KATAMARI, CARSON DALY, ELOQUENT, SARIS, SHARP

SIXES:

1) WAYANS, 2) EGGMAN, 3) PEBBLY, 4) CHAINS, 5) BOTTOM, 6) DARREN, 7) SHAMAN, 8) HARDEE, 9) CORDON, 10) AGENTS, 11) YES SIR, 12) PHENOM, 13) AURORA, 14) ALLIES, 15) TEKKEN, 16) CURTSY, 17) SQUIRT, 18) NEIMAN, 19) AMANDA, 20) iCARLY, 21) CAROLE, 22) QUOTAS, 23) SPRINT, 24) HARASS

The letters in the grey squares, read from top to bottom, spell out PATTY DUKE (from The Patty Duke Show)

Pictured here: Patty Duke and Patty Duke

Patron Chris Hendricks said "Great job on this puzzle! And fitting two Qs in there... not easy!"

Regarding the FINAL ANSWER, Patron Tyler Hinman said "I guess 'actress who cheated on a game show' was too specific." [He's referring to her appearance on The $64,000 Challenge, a spinoff of The $64,000 Question, both of which were involved in the quiz show scandals of the '50s]