PUZZLE #517: Wordy Web 6

PUZZLE #517

WORDY WEB 6

This puzzle contains a word or phrase suggested by Patron M. Sean Molley. Support me on Patreon at $15 or more per month to suggest one word or phrase for me to put into a puzzle every month!

This Web's set up with Circles and Strands, but there are no letters with which the words are woven. To complete this puzzle, enter the answers to the Circles' clues (numbered 1 to 6) clockwise around the concentric rings of the Web, though it's up to you to determine the starting point for each Circle. All of the Circles' clues are presented in order. To help figure out the Circles' starting points, fill in the Strands' answers (marked with A to L) starting at each respective letter and traverse the Web from left to right. Some of the strands have only one answer, while others have two.

Once you've completely filled in the Web, the letters in the red spaces, reading down, will spell out this week's FINAL ANSWER: a common fear

CIRCLES
1) Grasping tool used to grab ice cubes

    Unearth, with "up"

    South Asian country with a white "Thunder Dragon" on its flag

    Grew older

    Paint with a nozzled can, perhaps

2) Disney _____ (touring figure skating show with Disney characters): 2 wds.

    Sudden impulse

    One half of a pair of jeans

    Liam who played Ra's al Ghul in Batman Begins

3) Gaining use of copyrighted songs to use in a TV soundtrack, usually for a not-so-small fee

    Black woodwind commonly seen in crossword puzzles

    Friend, in Italy (HINT: It's the same as the Spanish version, but with a "C" instead of a "G")

4) Like a never-before-seen product that just hit store shelves: Hyph.

    Dental plan or employee discount, e.g.

    Hems and _____ (doesn't decide)

5) Actor White who played Urkel and once voiced Sonic the Hedgehog

    Breakfast chain that serves "Cinn-A-Stack" flapjacks: Abbr.

6) Cliff Clavin went on Jeopardy! (and blew it) in an episode of this sitcom set at a bar

STRANDS

A) Big _____ (California attraction with a lengthy coastline)

B) Messing who played Grace on Will & Grace

C) Scientific study of the environment

D) Golden Raspberry-"winning" film flop from 2003 starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez

    Former Nair competitor

E) Record of a 12-month period

    Inexpensive and immensely inferior, slangily

F) Creak, squeak, and shriek, to name a few

    The Greatest _____ (musical biopic of P. T. Barnum)

G) Response to a quizmaster's question

     Enlivening (up)

H) Having harmonious sounds

     Removes a video tape from a VCR

I) "_____ Somebody" (hit song by Kings of Leon)

   Chubby fourth-grader from Hey Arnold! (or a literary kid with a purple crayon)

J) Comedy club annoyance who might say "You stink! Get off the stage!"

K) Boring shade of light brown

L) Appropriate place for this puzzle's last listed entry

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!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DP6pAmgMKI6HtN_i0F4SDHWYsKJG4X2_/view?usp=sharing