PUZZLE #434
THE SPIRAL SQUARED 7
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
1-8: Meal shipment from GrubHub or DoorDash
9-13: Dynamite inventor Alfred
14-20: Observe closely
21-25: Surname on a green-and-yellow tractor
26-31: Weaselly animal commonly kept as a pet (except in Hawaii and California)
32-40: Leftmost foot lever on a piano: 2 wds.
41-44: Word preceding "rock" or "rain"
45-51: The _____ Hall Show ('90s talk show with a "Dog Pound")
52-60: Drink from another water bottle, say
61-64: Stand-up comedian Love who is a judge on Criss Angel's Magic With the Stars
65-71: Answering machine's playback
72-77: "I didn't do it!" or "It wasn't me!"
78-83: University grounds
84-88: "Excelsior!", for New York
89-96: Like the side of toast that (supposedly) always lands on the floor
97-100: _____ Erikson Day (holiday celebrated by Norwegian-Americans and SpongeBob)
OUTWARD
100-94: Center _____ (Willie Mays' position)
93-90: Latin phrase spoken by Caesar after Brutus' betrayal: 2 wds.
89-81: "Down the hatch!": 2 wds.
80-73: Postcards from the Edge actress Shirley
72-68: French artist Edgar who often painted ballerinas
67-60: Florida tribe that owns the Hard Rock Cafe
59-55: Arriving after the school bell
54-47: Black Canary, Black Widow, and Shuri as Black Panther, to name a few
46-40: Square root symbol
39-35: Capable and not clumsy
34-29: _____'s Home for Imaginary Friends (Cartoon Network series)
28-22: Roller derby official in a striped shirt
21-17: Material for Mudd Jeans
16-13: Green-haired driver from Crazy Taxi (or a figure skating jump)
12-8: Ivory's partner in a song by Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney
7-1: Much-maligned
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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