PUZZLE #484
SECTION SIX 10
This puzzle's grid has six rings and six sections. Each ring contains a series of words placed end to end, reading either clockwise OR counterclockwise; all the words in a given ring will read in the same direction. Ring 1 (the outermost ring) contains six answers that read clockwise; the starting spaces are numbered in the grid. Clues for the answers in the
remaining rings are given in order, and each answer’s starting points are marked
with a dot [•]. However, which direction they proceed in is for you to figure out.
The sections (separated by the heavy lines radiating from the center) will help you
figure out the letters in the inner rings: in a given section, each ring segment contains
all but one of the letters in the next segment outward. In other words, a
section's outermost segment contains six letters; the next segment inward contains
five of those six letters in some order; and so on, until only one of the original six letters remains.
Once you're done, unscramble the six spaces with stars in them to get the FINAL ANSWER: a six-letter word.
RING 1
1) Turn the Big Wheel on
The Price is Right, say
2) Concrete playground with handrails and halfpipes
3) Decorated with a piping bag
4) The Adventures of Sharkboy and _____ in 3-D (2005 family film)
5) Word after "horseshoe", "domino", or "conspiracy"
6) Animated character often mentioned in crossword clues for "OGRE"
RING 2
• Smelly onion-like clove that Wario loves to eat
• Darth _____ (Sith name of Anakin Skywalker)
• Islamic country with Islamabad as its capital
• Synonym for "Annoys" that has only one vowel
• Pennsylvania town with streetlights shaped like chocolate Kisses
RING 3
• Party where "happy hardcore" techno may be played
• Where visiting NHL teams fight Flames?
• Tiger voiced by George Sanders in 1967’s The Jungle Book: 2 wds.
• Polynesian carving
RING 4
• Fiddles around (with)
• Wife of Hägar the Horrible
• Fish eggs mentioned in a closing catchphrase from Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
RING 5
• Uber, to Lyft, e.g.
• Little pickle
RING 6
• Temperature scale with no negative numbers
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!
