In a normal crossword, words cross each other; in this puzzle, they simply touch. More specifically, all answers read across each
numbered row (ranging from one to three answers per row), and every letter touches, along an edge, at least one identical letter
above or below it. Since the top and bottom rows also loop around and connect with each other, they’re considered touching as well.
Once everything is filled out, read out the highlighted diagonal line for the FINAL ANSWER: something that can be given
1) Bottommost building floor, often  Ben & Jerry’s is headquartered in this state2) The three Magi in a nativity scene: 2 wds.  Level at Lambeau Field  Apt rhyme for “groan”3) Barbed _____ fence
  Best-selling 1993 computer game with a location called the “Stoneship Age”  Language spoken by Michelangelo and Donatello (the artists, not the turtles)4) Deserving  Segment from Monty Python’s Flying Circus  How great minds think5) Where the Coen Brothers’ Fargo is set: 2 wds.  Beverly Hills, 90210 actor Perry6) Reminded again and again and again and…..  Like music without any sort of key whatsoever  Ballpark figure dusting off home plate, for short7) “Maple Leaf _____” (Scott Joplin composition)  Marshmallow ingredient  Stay outdoors overnight in a luxurious tent with Wi-Fi, e.g.8) Genre for Dungeons & Dragons and Dragon Quest: 2 wds., hyph.9) Mr. Resetti from Animal Crossing, for one (HINT: He’s a burrowing mammal)
  Sea anemone, say  Cancel out10) Board game with Mediterranean Avenue and Marvin Gardens
   Occur earlier11) Fuel brand with a red arrow in its logo
   American university that’s home to the Fighting Irish: 2 wds.12) Poison ivy’s cousin   Word following “granny” or “Gordian”   Seed on a Whopper’s bun13) Country singer Lee Ann who had a big crossover hit with “I Hope You Dance”   “¡Buenos _____!” (Spanish for “Good morning!”)   Bill Withers song that hit #2 in 1972: 2 wds.14) Donned   Winona Ryder’s role in Beetlejuice   Oregon’s second-most populated city (after Portland)15) By the skin of one’s teeth   Dystopian young adult novel with characters named Tris and FourOnce 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!