PUZZLE #541
VANISHING ACT 5
Below are a set of what are supposed to be valid words, but instances of one duplicated letter in each word have all disappeared! Your job is to reinsert the missing duplicate letters into each numbered string of letters so that the resulting words all match up to the provided clues (listed in no particular order). The number in square brackets next to each group shows how many of the same letter need to be inserted into it. For instance, if one of the groups is "XAMPL [2]", then you'll need to insert a letter two times ("E" in this case) to get "EXAMPLE".
Once you've completed everything, the letters that have been added back in, in order, will form another incomplete string of letters. Insert three more of the same letter to get the FINAL ANSWER: an 11-letter plural noun
CLUES
• 1982 arcade game where you control a soapy sphere in a sink
• Buccaneer's big ball shooter
• It cuts paper, but gets smashed by rock
• Knowingly giving false testimony
• Like the solutions to shikaku and sudoku puzzles
• Overused expression such as "It was a dark and stormy night"
• "_____ to Love" (Robert Palmer music video with women in heavy makeup)
• Volkswagen auto that's the subject of a '60s car-spotting game called "Slug Bug"
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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