Monday, August 2, 2021

PUZZLE #346: Flower Power 5

PUZZLE #346
FLOWER POWER 5

The answers to this petaled puzzle will go in a curve from the number on the outside to the center of the flower. Each number in the flower will have two 5-letter answers, one going in a clockwise direction, and the other going in a counterclockwise direction.

Once you're done, look through the adjacent numbered petals to find two more words (going either clockwise or counterclockwise), and combine them both to get the FINAL ANSWER: The name of a video game creature


CLOCKWISE
1) "Incident in _____ Seven" (Rugrats episode set in a supermarket)
2) Jessica who made her cinematic debut in King Kong (1976)
3) DVD remote button that kinda resembles an 11
4) Corn, or its color
5) Handlebar coverings
6) Cookware company named after a pleasant smell
7) _____-baloney
8) Teeny-tiny amounts
9) Marry again
10) Certain web surfer from the '90s, according to crossword constructors
11) Tenet director Christopher
12) Appalachian Trail trekker
13) Slightly out of kilter
14) Hall & _____ (the most successful pop duo)
15) Late for school
16) Question regarding location
17) Female pirate captain from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
18) Packed with pecans, perhaps

COUNTERCLOCKWISE
1) Gene, the "Singing Cowboy"
2) Soda bottle measurement, in Canada
3) Fusi, fusilli, or fettuccine
4) Ultra-masculine
5) 12-_____ shotgun
6) Crop up
7) Trinket in a box of Cracker Jacks, once
8) Breakup song by Gabby Barrett that got certified 5x Platinum: 2 wds.
9) Motel vacancies
10) Health insurance company whose current logo contains a purple heart
11) "That ain't ever gonna happen, dude!": 2 wds.
12) Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 _____ of Major Championship Golf (computer game)
13) Felt under the weather
14) First name of the title character from Schindler's List
15) Already reserved, as a seat
16) Liquid that contestants on Wipeout frequently fall into
17) Lost a boxing match on purpose
18) Food and shelter, for two

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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