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Pie in the Sky

Sofiya Cremin

Solve the numbered clues: FELON, NOBLE, LINER, LEONI, STEEL, EASEL, TILES, ELSIE, AROSE, SNARE, EAVES, AVERS, DIXIE, INDEX, GUIDE, ADIEU, DECOY, YODEL, DOTES, OPTED, LIVER, RAVEL, CRUEL, LEMUR.

When entering these into the diagram, the letters are entered out of order so that the shared letters between entries can be placed in the inner, wider boxes. When this is done correctly, in the outer ring in boxes 3 to 15, the message ROTATE ONE RING can be read. If you rotate the ring of 3 letters one position counterclockwise, the answers to the "Extras" clues can be read without rearranging letters from the outside inward, one per each sixth of the pie. These answers are CURSE, EVADE, GUILE, RINSE, TILDE.

The word spelled in the remaining sixth is STOLE, which is the final answer.