PUZZLE #509
EMPTY WORD LADDER 4
In normal word ladders, you have to turn one word into another word by changing it one letter at a time (such as CAT — COT — DOT — DOG). However, this word ladder is completely blank, meaning that the starting and ending words are completely unknown. To fill it in, we've provided clues to all of the words that link the two mystery words, though they're not listed in any particular order. Rearrange the clues' answers so that they form a proper word ladder in the white spaces, then figure out the two mystery words on the ladder's top and bottom, signified by the yellow spaces. Combine both words in either order to create the FINAL ANSWER: a two-word tennis term or a two-word surfing term.
CLUES
• WORD AT THE START OF THE LADDER
• WORD AT THE END OF THE LADDER
• Beagle, Borzoi, Briard, or some other specific dog type
• Five Guys Burgers and _____
• Growing _____ (sitcom that lasted seven seasons)
• Handlebar coverings
• Island excursions given away as prizes on Wheel of Fortune, say
• Loaf that you can bake in the computer game Ultima VII
• Makes an attempt
• Puts on a few pounds
• Radio DJ Alan who was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986
• Smiles like the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland
• Unshackles
• Watching this dry is insanely boring, according to a well-known idiom
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!
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