Ryan's Drawlloween 2023

Day 11: Web

After venturing across the web several times, our teams confirmed that there's a path of safe, non-sticky silk that goes all the way around. But that's the last we heard from them...

This puzzle follows Slitherlink rules: The path never branches or crosses itself. Each number indicates how many sides of that square are part of the path. Well, they're not really squares here. We'll call them squares.

Traversals

  1. "____ 6," a Dylan song
  2. Place to look up the lyrics, or see who played sitar on track 8
  3. Paradox-uttering Berra
    Husband of Lakshmi
  4. KITT or Lightning McQueen, but not Herbie
  5. Suit containing the Devil's Bedpost
    Schach, échecs, ajedrez
  6. Samurai's bow
    Stately pleasure-dome venue
  7. Jonny whose Real Adventures began in 1996
    Cruelest month
  8. Civilization that built Tenochtitlan
    Grain reserves
  9. "Gimme back my hand!" movie

Answer Checker:

Hints: The answers go straight across. No letters go in the middle circle.

Solution/Explanation