PUZZLE #421: Fronts Off 6

PUZZLE #421

FRONTS OFF 6

First, find the answers to each clue so that there are two words in each rectangular box. Then change the first letter of each word to the new same letter for both words of a pair to form two new words, and write the new letter in the square box to the left of the rectangle.

Once you're done, read down the boxes to get the FINAL ANSWER: a seven-letter word

1) Surname of the oldest American President

    Small balls that fall in a game of KerPlunk

2) Disney sci-fi film with a famous "Light Cycle" sequence

    Nutrition shake brand introduced in the '70s

3) TV censor's sound

    The Cricket on the Hearth author Charles

4) Elfman who played Dharma in Dharma & Greg

    Tailed after someone

5) Spinning purple Tiny Toon Adventures character (or what you'll feel like after too much spinning)

    _____ George (book series about a monkey constantly getting into trouble)

6) Mend like broken bones

    Autocracy ruled by Palpatine in the Star Wars universe

7) Flat photographic finish

    Not as advanced, age-wise

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 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!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ncjt6MZ-HgdBgd6vF59xN5q5W2Hmo5VA/view?usp=sharing