Wordy Wednesday 205: Pent Words 41

WORDY WEDNESDAY #203

HEX PATHFINDER 12 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #204

FOXGERYPTICS 10 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #205

PENT WORDS 41

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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 Mr. Flintstone / Spaghetti and such
2 Assisted / Tanning ____
3 "See you ____!" / German city where a board game convention is held
4 Annoyed one's sleeping partner, perhaps / Comfort
5 The highest mountain in the world / ____ 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey computer)
6 There are 12 in a perfect bowling game / Excessively
7 Balcony / Author Tolstoy
8 An autumn bloomer / Item worn in winter
9 Extremely widespread / Prepare, as a dinner table
10 Eagle's claw / Go against the ____
   
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Speed ____ (2008 film)
* Consumed
* Gave new decor to
* Distant
* Stockpile
* Vehicle on rails
* ____ of a Salesman
* Frakes role
* Merrily We Roll ____
* San Diego baseballer
* Frighten
* Actress Witherspoon
* Breathes like a hot dog
* Common ____
* Puss in ____
* Not hidden
* Seethe
* Purloined

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 6-letter word for "Subject of a gaffe for 2016 Presidential hopeful Gary Johnson"?

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