PUZZLE #70
BRICK BY BRICK
Place the 2x3 bricks into the grid below so that a crossword puzzle with rotational symmetry is formed. Each of the Across and Down clues hint at answers that appear in that row or column, all of which are in order.
Be careful with the rows marked with a 7, 8, and 9, as the bricks that are placed in those rows will be split in half by a blue line, which you can see in the diagram above. Also, the letters that go in the blue line's squares will complete one answer in every Down column, though you'll have to figure out what those letters are.
This week's FINAL ANSWER is the name of a video game
ACROSS
1) Saltwater candy
State whose shape is technically a hexagon
Freddi or Luther from a series of kids' adventure games
2) Kmart or Walmart
DC Comics antihero that originated as a parody of Wolverine
2016 biopic about Jesse Owens
3) Publisher of the
Persona series
What Go-Gurt comes in
Last name of Shirley Temple's first husband
4) _____ Music Hall (Home of the Rockettes)
A "Roaming" one acts as Travelocity's mascot
5) Cable car
Dib's gamer sister from
Invader Zim
6) Species of Sebastian from
The Little Mermaid
Stereotypical raccoon name
"How may _____ of service?"
7) Ethnic group of Esmeralda
Syrup that's notoriously slow in January
8) THE FINAL ANSWER
9) Asian rainy seasons
2005 biopic for which Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor
10) "That", in Tijuana
Song title from Salt-N-Pepa or Static-X
First word of "Jabberwocky"
11) Director of the shortest Oscar-nominated short
Fresh Guacamole
Adorable
12) Acorn-obsessed
Ice Age character
The titular
Hunchback of Notre Dame
13) Greek goddess of the rainbow
Sound from a motor or Maine Coon
Paula who once sang a duet with a cartoon cat
14) Abby from
NCIS, for one
Tiny stream
Jurassic Park star Sam
15) March Madness organization
Website that sells crafts and cosplay gear
"Welcome to the Salty Spitoon. How tough _____?" (
Spongebob quote)
DOWN
1) Nicholas II was Russia's last ruler of this type
Stuff in an Oreo Double Stuf
Talk with your hands
2) Ant princess from
A Bug's Life
Chocolate-covered caramel candies
Reptile featured on Lacoste clothes
3) Create some origami
Protein-building acid
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers villain _____ Repulsa
4) Mammals also known as flying foxes
Former Turkish title
5) "Is that a _____ a no?"
Kacheek or Korbat, e.g.
6) Reindeers' relatives
"Before", when it's attached before a word
7) Influential RPG series created by Richard "Lord British" Garriott
It's two ranks below Lt. in the Navy
What you shouldn't do regarding your day job?
8) Praise publicly
Super _____ Bros. for 3DS
Web addresses
9) "Dear" advice columnist
Barracks bed
Nickelodeon sitcom about a girl with a webshow
10) Groundbreaking garden tool?
The "Devourer of Worlds" from Marvel Comics
11) Classic Namco arcade game where enemies can use a tractor beam
Disney's first African-American princess
12) "Pumping Up with Hans & _____" (SNL sketch)
1978 Earth, Wind & Fire song (a cover version of this is found in the FINAL ANSWER)
13) Parrot voiced by Gilbert Gottfried
"How Soon _____?" (The Smiths song)
Garfield's favorite kicking target
14) It may involve a fake Nigerian prince
Colorful aquarium fish that's
not pronounced like the second Greek letter
As deemed fit
15) Where "You Are" on a mall map
Emblems on Superman and Supergirl
Earthenware pot that's too often found in crosswords
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 get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured that one out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a version you can print out!
