Layers Answer #17

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The four mini-game answers

LetterLock

ACTOR

The hidden five-letter word behind the day’s Wordle-style lock.

Anagram

CRESCENT

The word the scrambled letters rearrange into.

Crossword

Electrical opening that receives a plug

SOCKET
  • SWITCHWall control for a light
  • CORDFlexible line carrying power
  • OUTLETWall point where a device plugs in

Word Search

Hex-key wrench type

BTQOZIRXGJYNWNGINYLHCUGCEMCAIKMBLYEBNCPSLFUISTQPA

ALLEN — highlighted in the grid.

The final board

KINDS OF WRENCHES

Straightforward
  • ALLENWord Search
  • CRESCENTAnagram
  • PIPE
  • SOCKETCrossword

THEATER JOBS

Easy
  • ACTORLetterLock
  • DIRECTOR
  • STAGEHAND
  • USHER

COOK WITH DRY HEAT

Tricky
  • BROIL
  • ROAST
  • SEAR
  • TOAST

KINDS OF PUZZLES

Hardest
  • ACROSTIC
  • JIGSAW
  • LAYERS
  • SUDOKU

Sixteen words sort into four hidden groups. The four words tagged with a mini-game name are the ones you unlock by solving LetterLock, Anagram, Crossword and Word Search first.

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