PUZZLE #418: Helter Skelter 7

PUZZLE #418: Helter Skelter 7
PUZZLE #418
HELTER SKELTER 7

This puzzle contains a word suggested by Patron M. Sean Molley. Support me on Patreon at $15 or more per month to suggest one word or phrase for me to put into a puzzle every month!

Each answer in this crossword variation starts at the indicated number, and then moves towards the direction of the next number (though it may or may not stop there). The direction of the last answer is to be determined by the solver.

Once the grid has been filled out, unscramble the gray squares to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: An 8-letter word associated with mathematics


1) Recorded film scene that might need to be redone multiple times
2) Chicken _____ (Ukrainian dish)
3) Nevada city that's home to the Penn & Teller Theater, for short
4) Milton's prized paper-fastening device from Office Space
5) Gullible sap
6) Hairy creature from DreamWorks' Abominable, for example
7) Installing ceramic squares on a floor
8) PlayStation video game series featuring the deity-slayer Kratos: 3 wds.
9) Subtitle of the Thor movie with Jeff Goldblum as the Grandmaster
10) Islamic book fully memorized by a hafiz: Var.
11) Costume designer's creations
12) Throw in the _____ (phrase that originated from boxing)
13) Annoying delay of button presses in an online game
14) Staring open-jawed
15) Jane Jetson's husband
16) Time for prime time TV
17) Number of seasons that Seinfeld ran for
18) Toe part made of keratin
19) Type of pre-Christmas calendar containing chocolates
20) Battery measures
21) _____ gun (rhyming tool for self-defense)
22) Sheepskin boot brand originally popular with surfers
23) Sudden burst of wind
24) Ingredient in a Skor bar
25) Surround an airport with heavy mist, say: 2 wds.

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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