PUZZLE #428
EAT YOUR WORDS 8
In this puzzle, the words hinted at by the numbered clues (The "Numbered Words") can "eat" a word hinted at by a different set of clues (The "Eaten Words") without rearranging any of the letters. For example, the word BIT can eat the word AND to form BANDIT. All of the new words are entered into the grid in the order of the Numbered Words, and the Eaten Words are in no particular order.
Once all of the new words have been placed, the letters in the highlighted third column will spell out two more words. Insert one of the column's new words into the other to get the FINAL ANSWER: The name of a mythical creature
NUMBERED WORDS
1) Mention in the footnotes
2) With "away", draws back in fear
3) Results May _____ (Limp Bizkit album)
4) Body part that Tarzan beats
5) Advice Dog or Grumpy Cat, e.g.
6) Religious word preceding "Ghost" or "Guacamole"
7) Crooner Crosby who narrated the Disney short The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
8) Francis Ford Coppola, to Nicolas Cage
9) Smallest pick of the litter
EATEN WORDS
• _____-aircraft missiles
• Bongo from the arcade game Congo Bongo, for one (HINT: He's a tailless primate)
• Environmentally-friendly prefix
• Google's smart speaker brand
• Like wintry roads in need of salt
• Not worth debating, as a point
• Plant your tush on a cushion, perhaps
• Sound-blasting boxes at a rock concert
• Synonym for "say" that sounds like a cow part
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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