PUZZLE #548
THE SPIRAL SQUARED 8
This puzzle turns in two directions. The Spiral's "Inward" clues yield a sequence of words to be entered clockwise in the spaces from 1 to 100. The "Outward" clues yield a different set of words to be entered counterclockwise from 100 to 1. Fill in the answers, one letter per space, according to the numbers beside each clue. Make sure to keep track of which way you're going!
Once you've filled out the grid, read out the highlighted squares diagonally to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a ten-letter word.
INWARD
1-5: Large tobacco item in Groucho Marx's mouth
6-9: Star _____: Deep Space Nine (1993-99 TV series)
10-14: Weeping statue of Greek myth
15-20: Croatia's capital
21-25: Winnie-the-Pooh author whose first two initials stand for "Alan Alexander"
26-33: He made Icarus' wings and warned him not to fly too close to the sun
34-41: Leave: 2 wds.
42-46: Frasier Crane's brother on Frasier
47-51: Man-goat hybrid seen in the "Fracture Hills" level of Spyro 2
52-58: Diamond style named after a thorny flower: 2 wds.
59-66: Go from Point A to B instantaneously (but only if you're a sci-fi character)
67-70: Bulky boats like the one used by Noah
71-76: The dots over the "O" in Blue Öyster Cult's name
77-81: Walking sticks used by Cranky Kong and Scrooge McDuck
82-90: Naruto's catchphrase (or part of the title of Ripley's "strange but true" series): 2 wds.
91-96: "Holy" city in Ohio?
97-100: Japanese spider _____ (world's largest crustacean)
OUTWARD
100-94: Supermarket scanner's target
93-88: Nickname of Tiana's best friend in The Princess and the Frog (anagram of ELIOTT)
87-84: Face covering for a belly dancer, sometimes
83-79: Buddy who played the title role in Barnaby Jones
78-73: Based on fact
72-66: Semiaquatic rodent in love in a Captain & Tennille song
65-62: Soap on a _____
61-55: One of the ingredients in a BLT
54-50: "Apologetic" board game similar to Parcheesi
49-41: Adorning with those swingy things on top of graduation caps
40-36: Tenet director Christopher
35-30: Tentacled Disney villainess who sings "Poor Unfortunate Souls"
29-24: Make soundproof
23-18: Flexible and lithe
17-12: Octagonal park pavilion
11-7: Comic book's line artist
6-1: _____ Kingdom (multi-platinum album by No Doubt)
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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