Wordy Wednesday 155: Pent Words 31

WORDY WEDNESDAY #152

CODEWORDS 4 (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:
Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith *
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
Adam Weaver *
Bryce Herdt **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin *
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WORDY WEDNESDAY #153

ANACROSSWORD 10 (hint)

As of this writing, 9 people have solved this puzzle from last week. 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 #154

HEX PATHFINDER 8 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #155

PENT WORDS 31

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This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron Anthony Bailey. Support me on Patreon at the $5 per month level and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the $20 per month level to suggest one seed word every month!

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 Emulates a boxing referee, perhaps / "I ____ You Dance" (Lee Ann Womack song)
2 Pinky's partner / Planet that's one astronomical unit away from the sun
3 Virtuosity / Publicity piece
4 Sage / Luke Skywalker's father
5 Candies often bought around Easter / ____ of Home (cooking magazine)
6 Tear to pieces / Amalfi Coast's country
7 Like a memorable tune / What M&M's do in your mouth, and not in your hands
8 Stop sign color / Novelist Salman
9 Like Pepe le Pew / It may be pierced
10 Small waterfall / Attempt

PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Windows ____ Player (Microsoft application)
* Wait ____ Dark (1967 thriller)
* ____ and bounds
* A Japanese dog breed
* Novelist Wharton
* "Mo ____ Mo Problems" (The Notorious B.I.G. song)
* Item worn by a chef
* Kiosk
* Was brilliant
* Capital of Western Australia
* Singer Miley
* One of 32 in Monopoly
* Military trainee
* Skedaddle
* Detested
* Evil organization in G.I. Joe
* Use Tinder, perhaps
* Black and white sea creatures

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's an 8-letter, two-word answer for "Game franchise featuring Ryuta Kawashima"?

Until next time, yappy solving!