Cross-stitched Words

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Each individual cross-stitch turns out to have answers that are 6 letters long.

diagram

You can cross-stitch each word according to the diagram below. Do you notice any pattern in the answers besides the fact that they are 6 letters long?

fill, grid

You can fill the grid with individual cross-stitches, intersecting them as appropriate. Some starting letters are given to you.

grid, logic

Try to efficiently fill in cross-stitches. The cross-stitches will form a single connected component, with diagonals counting as a connection.

extraction

Look at the shaded squares in the grid and extract using Braille. Treat the individual cross-stitches as raised dots and cross-stitch one more time on the entire grid.

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Individual Cross-stitches

Witty remark
Alternative to Greek salad
French pianist Alfred
Tyson show
Double dagger
____ bubble
Non-competitive race
They're often all scratched up?
Title character of an Ozzy Osbourne album
Units of length in the UK
Performed wrongly
Maxims
Star jelly genus
Competitor to OneNote
Nag
Wicker material
Parting place?
Rue
Reposed
Sports with a lot of horseplay?
In short supply
Kurdistan Province's capital
Snow White's dwarves e.g.
Member of the 2021 writing team, perhaps
In a way
Japanese poems
Haiku e.g.
Ring on a saddle
Like the next clue, compared with this one
Sluggish inactivity
Midsections
Command to delete files