Wordy Wednesday 275: Pent Words 55

WORDY WEDNESDAY #273

HEX PATHFINDER 18 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #274

FOXGERYPTICS 14 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #275

PENT WORDS 55

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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 Animal you shouldn't play cards with, according to a corny joke / TV and radio personality Linkletter
2 Bird to whose value Jesus compares the value of man / Word preceding "milk" or "sauce"
3 Singer Dion / 1/12 of a foot
4 "Hay is for ____!" (response from someone who doesn't like informal words like "hey") / Advertising symbol
5 Paquin who played Rogue in X-Men (2000) / Mexican foodstuff wrapped in a corn husk
6 Magazine that dubs the "Sexiest Man Alive" / ____ browns
7 Druggie / Through the ____ (Reiner Knizia board game)
8 Employed a razor / 1998 film with Dan Aykroyd as the voice of Chip
9 Not old / Ire
10 Life, for one / What a rolling stone doesn't gather

PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Fruit of the Loom rival
* "Lather, ____, repeat"
* Eyes amorously
* Defenders of the ____ (2010 board game)
* 1/16 of a pound
* Laundry detergent brand
* Far from fresh
* The Divine Comedy author
* Astronomer Brahe
* One who doesn't consume milk, eggs, or meat
* Fred Flintstone's wife
* Like a high-pressure salesman
* Alamo rival
* Character in Disney's Hercules voiced by James Woods
* Crime committed by those with burning desires?
* Novel title character and cookie namesake Doone
* Disgusting
* A Chevrolet vehicle or a lake

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 7-letter word for "____ Mutant Ninja Turtles"?

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