PUZZLE #289
HELTER SKELTER 5
Each answer in this crossword variation starts at the indicated number, and then moves towards the direction of the next number (thought it may or may not stop there). The direction of the last answer is to be determined by the solver.
Once the grid has been filled out, unscramble the gray squares to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: An 8-letter word
1) Villain from The Great Mouse Detective who was voiced by Vincent Price
2) Non-profit org. that provides roadside assistance
3) Tactical military shooter series by Bohemia Interactive (don't worry, another answer fully overlaps this one)
4) Ms. Monroe whose first film appearance was in Dangerous Years (1947)
5) Eye part that can be brown, blue, or green
6) Frozen polar covering on both Earth and Mars
7) Geese and ducks and such
8) Speedy vehicle that goes forwards and backwards?
9) Larry Bird, back when he played for the NBA
10) Where in Time is _____ Sandiego? (educational computer game)
11) Seven-digit riches
12) Fluid measurement equal to two tablespoons
13) Second-largest member of the deer family (after the moose)
14) Type of destiny where "what goes around comes around"
15) Website that can help you trace your family tree
16) Hexagonal piece of land from Catan
17) The one for Starbucks depicts a twin-tailed mermaid
18) Brian May's instrument
19) _____ ego
20) Prayer beads
21) Board game where you move four colored pawns by drawing numbered cards
22) Precipitates
23) Footwear that can be turned into a simple puppet
Once you think you know what the FINAL ANSWER is, 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 get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) 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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