PUZZLE #532
MOVING STAIRCASES 15
The two staircase-shaped halves of a "Moving Staircases" puzzle are designed to be pushed together in two different ways, horizontally and vertically. A horizontal push creates shorter words ("Shorts"), while a vertical push creates longer words ("Longs"). The example above shows a completed grid and the grids that result from pushing it both ways. The lists of clues given for the Shorts and Longs are not in order; it's up to you to determine where the answers go by working back and forth between the two lists.
Once you've completely filled out the grid, hidden inside it will be this week's FINAL ANSWER: a fanciful noun which is not hidden horizontally or vertically.
SHORTS
• From Dusk till Dawn actor Keitel
• Invented (a phrase)
• MGM's theatrical Tom and Jerry cartoons, e.g.
• Not digital, like the stopwatch from the 60 Minutes logo
• Petrified _____ (California landmark with large trees that have turned to stone)
• Pollen-producing part of a flower
• Walk like a penguin
LONGS
• "'Bees' is to 'hive' as 'wasps' is to 'nest'", for one
• Bundle up a baby
• Finished furniture with wood finisher
• _____ Moon (Neil Young album named after an autumnal full moon)
• Partners in crime
• Worksite bosses such as Spike from The Super Mario Bros. Movie
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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