PUZZLE #586
TOUCHWORD 4
In a normal crossword, words cross each other; in this puzzle, they simply touch. More specifically, all answers read across each
numbered row (ranging from two to three answers per row), and every letter touches, along an edge, at least one identical letter
above or below it. Since the top and bottom rows also loop around and connect with each other, they're considered touching as well.
Once everything is filled out, read out the highlighted diagonal line for the FINAL ANSWER: the name of a comic strip that premiered in the 21st century
1) Panera _____ (fast casual restaurant chain)
It's home to the most recently-formed NHL team: the Mammoth
Gas pump number
2) "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" singer Lee
Fluffy fox appendage
Eric Cartman's mother in South Park (answer hidden in AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH)
3) Starbucks' largest size (but it's only for cold drinks)
13-digit numbers
4) Reward for a good dog
Skateboarding trick done off of half pipes
"_____ & Cones" (instrumental song by Blue Man Group named after retina cells)
5) Like some floorboards that are noisier than others
Taxi trip: 2 wds.
6) Deal with it
Motion-sensing camera for the Xbox 360 (HINT: It's a homophone of a word meaning "Join together")
Pickle juice
7) Kansas city where the classic rock band Kansas formed
Fruit best described as a "fuzzless peach"
8) Word following "demo", "double-sided" or "duct"
Dave the Barbarian character who hates being called a monkey (EASIER CLUE: pointy tooth)
Any non-profit that celebrities on game shows usually play for
9) Yellow fabric tossed onto the football field well after a play has finished: 2 wds.
Maybelline spokesmodel Turlington
10) Medieval bard's version of a guitar
Essay "writers" that didn't bother to do any actual writing
11) Erect (as in the verb, not the adjective): 2 wds.
Different editions of Monopoly with different rules, say
12) Country with llamas and Lima
The only mountain higher than K2
_____ of the above (last option in all of Inquizition's multiple-choice questions)
13) In essence: 2 wds.
Elementary student's time out for fun
Hawaii's state bird
14) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead _____ Chest (2006 movie)
Honors with one's presence, perhaps
Gumbo and goulash, for two
15) Capital of Nicaragua
Members of a Native American tribe originally based in the Mississippi area
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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