Wordy Wednesday 200: Pent Words 40

WORDY WEDNESDAY #198

MUSICAL WORD CHAIRS 3 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #199

TOUCHWORD 5 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #200

PENT WORDS 40

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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 Mercury, for one / Emcee
2 Snooty person / Seek to achieve
3 ____ of Man / Word following "arithmetic" or "geometric"
4 Give up / Like a fen
5 Baynes of the Boston Celtics / National song
6 Actress Midler / ____ with envy
7 Down the wrong path / Make coffee, perhaps
8 Me, Myself & ____ (Jim Carrey flick) / "Life's Been Good" singer Joe
9 A circle, for one / Quality
10 The first cryptocurrency / Use one's eyes

PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* ____ setter
* ____ Hunter (Christian metal band)
* Sana'a is its capital
* "Lather, ____. . ."
* Item for a nun
* Its logo has a blue cat and a red dog
* Foundation
* Pointed throwing weapon
* With "The", Rush song about an arboreal feud
* Tropical source of strong, lightweight wood
* Bundles of hay
* ^
* Yonder
* Brightly-colored aquarium occupant
* Enraged
* A group's moral standards
* Blueprints
* Lengthen, as a subscription

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* What's a 7-letter word for "Website with a limit of 140 280 characters"?
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