PUZZLE #511
ZIGZAGNUT 8
The numbered clues are for the zigzags, which work their way down through the diagram in the outlined areas. The "Rows" clues are for the answers, two per row, to be entered straight across each row in the diagram, but to make things harder, you don't know which specific rows the answers will go into! (Though the answers in the rows themselves are in the correct order)
This week's FINAL ANSWER is the answer entered in the unclued entry in the middle of the diagram (marked with two question marks): the name of a video game made by Nintendo
ROWS (in random order; each contains two answers)• Command from the king
Pokémon that can evolve into Vaporeon, Flareon, and six others (answer hidden in SLEEVE ENDS)
• Bering _____ (waterway separating Russia and Alaska)
Diet that's high in fat, but low in carbs
• Lloyd's telekinetic little sister from Lloyd in Space (anagram of FINANCER)
Tennis racket's handle
• Fresca, Fanta, or Faygo, for one
_____ Row (London street with many tailors)
• Wooden ducks
Sci-fi princess with a "cinnamon bun" hairdo
• Motion picture's place
McGregor who starred in the Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries on Disney+
• In an emotionless manner, comparable to a statue
Got along with
• Square-shaped cereal used to make the snack Muddy Buddies
Same old story, same old song and dance
• "_____ Like a Back Road" (country song by Sam Hunt)
Restaurant's atmosphere
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers villainess Repulsa (or EGOT winner Moreno)
One of Bob Marley's backup singers
• Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Walked onstage
ZIGZAGS
1) _____ butterfly (people person)2) Resident of Aarhus, Aalborg, or Copenhagen
3) Siri-like A.I. who dated Joaquin Phoenix's character in the 2013 movie Her
4) What Nielsen ratings measure
5) Emulated the Tower of Pisa
6) Wrench-wielding worker such as Tails from the Sonic the Hedgehog games
7) Calm, cool, and collected
8) Killer Krueger
9) Country with the Temple of Olympian Zeus (or rather, what's left of it)
10) Like the hooved feet of giraffes and goats: Hyph.
11) "Peace of Mind" rock band, or the state capital they hail from
12) The _____ Horror (haunted house film starring James Brolin and Margot Kidder)
13) Systems of trains, train tracks, train stations, and so on
14) Take long steps
15) Peninsula containing Spain and Portugal
16) Mexican food sometimes served as a Tuesday special
Once you think you know what the FINAL ANSWER is, 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!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HhBigVxRJixwg8wY-KjRnF6ZST0MwWAb/view?usp=sharing
