Wordy Wednesday 710: Pent Words 142

WORDY WEDNESDAY #708
MINI TOUCHWORD 14 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #709
ANACROSSWORD 52 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #710
PENT WORDS 142
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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 Clue / Fall-blooming flowers
2 Obligation / Tried to find
3 Pupa’s protection / “____ Me Maybe” (Carly Rae Jepsen song)
4 Unit of land area / Actor ____ Seymour Hoffman
5 Muskrat relative / Panhandler
6 Election Day activity / Trick
7 Download illegally / Neap ____
8 One to follow, perhaps / A tropical wading bird
9 Append / Perfect
10 The ____ Scrolls (video game series by Bethesda Game Studios) / “F ____” (1965-1967 sitcom)
PENTOMINOES:
• HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
• THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
• Shred, as cheese
• Very thin pancake
• Knight ____ (1982-1986 TV series)
• ____ con carne
• Shinbone
• Believer in dharma
• Break apart and analyze, as a sentence
• Hot winter drink, often
• Start
• Boxer and cannabis entrepreneur Mike
• “Fools rush in where angels fear to ____”
• Swedish manufacturer of luxury cars
• Put forth, as force
• Single-masted sailboat
• Seasoned rice dish
• It may be acquired
• Play for time
• Not smooth

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