This is a “right angles” puzzle, where every answer makes exactly one 90-degree turn. In addition, several of the squares must be filled with the numbers 1-8 and “CUE”:
L | A | N | O | S | O | S | U | T | S |
O | R | O | L | O | V | E | T | 6 | T |
W | H | I | G | N | E | S | H | I | R |
N | U | S | H | I | S | L | O | U | I |
E | R | N | 5 | F | O | U | S | E | P |
C | K | E | D | O | G | P | O | K | A |
O | A | M | Y | L | R | E | R | E | M |
L | S | I | R | D | A | N | I | R | B |
B | T | D | O | P | M | G | L | R | I |
A | R | 3 | T | O | S | U | E | O | V |
R | E | A | K | E | T | E | S | S | A |
B | S | A | R | D | V | A | R | K | L |
E | * | E | E | R | I | M | T | N | E |
L | S | N | S | T | T | U | S | K | R |
A | B | E | R | 7 | E | L | A | S | K |
T | T | A | E | P | O | M | G | G | A |
T | E | X | T | I | S | S | A | E | L |
L | T | I | T | E | P | D | R | 2 | A |
E | 4 | S | A | G | E | I | S | O | G |
W | 8 | Y | M | E | S | O | N | D | 1 |
As hinted by 5S (“STRIPES”), we are playing a game of 8-ball and we are stripes, which means we simply need to pocket the 8 to win. As usual, we cannot hit an opponent’s ball first. The shortest path is to play the ball to the northeast, which results in hitting 11 cushions and pocketing the 8 ball in the southwest corner. The letters hit along each cushion, in path order, spell POCKET MONEY
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Individual answers: