Around and Around
Each set of clues can be solved as a standard crossword clue starting with the outer ring.
| ANSWER | OUTER RING |
|---|---|
ROSARIO | A Dawson of “Ahsoka” |
TUX | B Monkey suit, perhaps |
FRIAR | C Franciscan |
ARKANSAS | D State where the Sentinel-Record is published |
POLYPHONIC | E Having multiple voices, in music |
THAW | F Unfreeze |
OZONE | G Atmospheric layer |
LAZBOY | H Recliner brand (hyph.) |
These can be used to fill in the outer ring using the letters to position each word correctly.
The spokes are also all standard crossword clues, but every answer is 6 length. As hinted by the puzzle, each spoke is scrambled when entered into the grid so the letters are shared with more words next to it as you get closer to the center.
ie. The answer to "1 Country where La Vallée des Singes is located" is FRANCE, and it is entered RNACFE starting from the outside and going towards the center and is determined by what letters need to be shared with adjacent answers.
| ANSWER | SPOKES |
|---|---|
FRANCE | 1 Country where La Vallée des Singes is located |
NO FACE | 2 Masked phantom in “Spirited Away” (2 wds.) |
DECAFS | 3 Some 7s |
FACADE | 4 Front of a building |
COFFER | 5 Chest for valuables |
OFFICE | 6 Workplace |
COFFEE | 7 Morning cup, for many |
EFFECT | 8 Cause’s partner |
REFUEL | 9 Gas up again |
REFLEX | 10 Knee-jerk reaction |
EIFFEL | 11 Famous tower in 1 |
RELIEF | 12 Painkiller’s promise |
DEFILE | 13 Make unclean |
LEAFED | 14 Paged (through) |
FENDER | 15 ___-bender |
DEAFEN | 16 Overwhelm with noise |
INJURE | 17 Do harm to |
JUNKIE | 18 Addict, slangily |
AUNTIE | 19 Mommy’s sis |
IN TUNE | 20 Not too sharp or flat (2 wds.) |
SUNSET | 21 Occurrence just before nightfall |
AUSTEN | 22 “Pride and Prejudice” author |
NURSES | 23 Sips slowly, as a cocktail |
PRUNES | 24 Wrinkled fruit |
OBTUSE | 25 Greater than 90 degrees |
BLUEST | 26 Like Toni Morrison’s “Eye” |
BEAUTY | 27 Beast’s beloved |
UPBEAT | 28 In good spirits |
HUSTLE | 29 Disco dance craze |
TOUSLE | 30 Ruffle playfully, as hair |
FLUENT | 31 Conversant in a language |
FUTILE | 32 Pointless |
CHARGE | 33 Battlefield cry |
GATHER | 34 Come together or collect |
HIGHER | 35 More elevated |
HEGIRA | 36 Journey, as that of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina |
WAGNER | 37 Tomlin’s collaborator and wife |
ORANGE | 38 Color in Fire Base Armor |
ZAGREB | 39 Croatian capital |
BORAGE | 40 European salad herb also known as starflower |
GNEISS | 41 Pleasant-sounding rock? |
SIEGES | 42 Protracted military attacks |
SLEIGH | 43 Dasher’s vehicle |
GEISHA | 44 Entertainer in a kimono |
ZINGER | 45 Snappy one-liner |
BERING | 46 Strait between Russia and Alaska |
GIDEON | 47 Name on a hotel Bible |
DYEING | 48 Decorating, as Easter Eggs |
With all the spokes and the outer ring completed, the full grid can be filled in.
Reading the letters in the yellow rings clockwise starting from the outmost top gives the final answer of CENTRIFUGE.
This is the first method used in an attempt to hatch the vessel.
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