Wordy Wednesday 120: Pent Words 24

WORDY WEDNESDAY #118

ANACROSSWORD 7 (answer)

It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Edderiofer He **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
Adam Weaver **
Anthony Bailey **
Bryce Herdt **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

PATRON PUZZLE #9

PATHFINDER (answer)

It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Edderiofer He **
Giovanni Pagano **
M. Sean Molley **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Jeffrey Harris **
Pavel Curtis **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **
Thanks to the 10 solvers, we have raised $275 for Child's Play Charity ($25 from me, and $250 from my anonymous reader)!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #119

FRAMELINKS 4 (hint)

As of this writing, 8 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #120

PENT WORDS 24

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This puzzle was written for patron M. Sean Molley, who supports me at the $5+ level on Patreon and is therefore entitled to one bonus puzzle every month. One solver of this bonus puzzle is randomly picked to suggest one word or phrase for me to incorporate into a puzzle. His July 2016 suggestion is used here.

In this puzzle, you must divide the grid into pentominoes (regions containing five cells each), and write a letter in each cell. The rows, reading from left to right, will contain the words hinted at by the ACROSS clues. The letters in the pentominoes, in reading order (left to right starting with the top row), will form the words hinted at by the PENTOMINOES clues; these clues are presented in no particular order. (In the example, the rows spell PLANT, SHARE, and BITES, and the pentominoes spell the words PLANS, TREES, and HABIT.) Use the ACROSS answers to determine where the pentominoes are.

ACROSS (two answers per row):
1 An official language of Fiji / Starts a poker pot
2 Rigoletto, among others / Musical with the song "Memory"
3 Going on a tirade / Female sibling, briefly
4 Puts to sleep / Finish writing a lowercase letter i
5 Props for certain dancers / Option in a 2016 referendum
6 Option in a 2016 referendum / Word preceding "effect" or "bet"
7 Having few words / Salt
8 Where Budapest is located / Peppermint Patty, to Marcie
9 City where the headquarters of Armani are located / Home ____ (1990 film)
10 With hands on hips / Book after Joel

PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Unable to move
* Burn
* “Don't try to ____ the river.” (Deepak Chopra quote)
* Roman goddess of the hunt
* Famous Michelangelo sculpture
* Swing site, possibly
* "Remember the ____" (Tex Ritter song)
* Kung Fu ____ (2008 film)
* Certain citrus fruit
* Buenos ____, Argentina
* Dance for the flexible
* Plastic wrap trademark
* Cake decorator's need
* Exams
* Eskimo boat
* Edison rival
* Manufacturer of the Privia digital piano
* Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse ____

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* Who played Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs?
* And a sequel that nobody asked for!

Until next time, yappy solving!