PUZZLE #342
THE SPIRAL SQUARED 5
This puzzle turns in two directions. The Spiral's "Inward" clues yield a sequence of words to be entered clockwise in the spaces from 1 to 100. The "Outward" clues yield a different set of words to be entered counterclockwise from 100 to 1. Fill in the answers, one letter per space, according to the numbers beside each clue. Make sure to keep track of which way you're going!
Once you've filled out the grid, read out the highlighted squares diagonally to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a ten-letter word.
INWARD
1-5: Chocolate mint brand produced by Tootsie Roll Industries
6-11: Try again, in court
12-17: Give out homework
18-23: Tristan und _____ (Wagner opera)
24-27: Gold medal-winning skater Lipinski
28-32: Joe who played a burglar in the first two Home Alone films
33-38: Rico Rodriguez from Just Cause, for one (HINT: He's Mexican)
39-44: Biker gang member who gains telekinesis in Akira (anagram of OUTSET)
45-52: Train driver
53-57: Comedy, drama, or dramedy
58-62: Frankie _____ and the Four Seasons
63-68: Include a .PDF file with an email, say
69-76: Classical language of India
77-83: Warning from a fencer: 2 wds.
84-88: Frasier Crane's brother
89-96: Give up one's throne
97-100: Floating harbor marker
OUTWARD
100-95: "Of course I will!": 2 wds.
94-91: Sulfuric _____
90-83: Furthest edge of a tennis court
82-76: Police procedural featuring Sgt. Joe Friday
75-72: Rankles
71-68: Partner of Crosby, Stills and Young
67-61: Marsh reed
60-54: Female gargoyle from Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame
53-49: Color of Luigi's cap
48-42: Type of rock such as pegmatite or pumice
41-37: Grand _____ National Park, Wyoming
36-31: Type of tilted type
30-22: Divided
21-16: Having fewer wedges in Trivial Pursuit, perhaps
15-9: "Awkward Black Girl" who stars in HBO's Insecure: 2 wds.
8-5: That lady's
4-1: Pulitzer-winning novelist Ferber
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!
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