# 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.