PUZZLE #468
EAT YOUR WORDS 9
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: A common surname
NUMBERED WORDS
1) _____-time strategy (computer game genre)
2) Cough up some cash
3) Parts of the hydra which regrow after getting chopped off
4) What the Wicked Witch of the West did after getting splashed with water
5) With "The", goth rock band that did "Just Like Heaven"
6) Large-scale saga
7) Comedian Caesar who passed away in 2014
8) Lola Loud's twin in The Loud House (answer hidden in EXPLANATORY)
EATEN WORDS
• America's second-largest hardware store chain (after Home Depot)
• Communication device in Maxwell Smart's shoe in Get Smart
• Droop like the middle of an old mattress
• Horton _____ a Who! (book by Dr. Seuss)
• Living quarters managed by a landlord: Abbr.
• Moore who co-starred in 1990's Ghost
• Speck of land in the ocean
• Word preceding "service" or "sync"
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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