Wordy Wednesday 325: Pent Words 65

WORDY WEDNESDAY #323

DIVIDED INTO COLUMNS 5 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #324

CODEWORDS 10 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #325

PENT WORDS 65

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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 Meat-roasting rod / "'Celebrities Should Stay Out Of Politics,' Says Man With Framed Portrait Of Ronald ____" (headline from Christian satirical news site The Babylon Bee)
2 Hill of sand / A deceptive type of malware
3 Protective sheet of waterproof canvas, say / Some estates
4 A three-dimensional shape / A two-dimensional shape
5 Undue speediness / Substance in varnish
6 Common nightwear / Color
7 A type of printer / Parks of civil rights activism
8 Number of different pentominoes that exist if rotations and reflections are counted as the same / Ill-mannered child
9 Seagoing vessels / Martini garnish, often
10 'Humanity Must Outgrow The Childish Idea Of God,' Says Man Wearing 'My Little ____' T-Shirt (The Babylon Bee headline) / England's capital
   
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* "____ Jackson To Honor Christopher Tolkien With 578-Film Adaptation Of 'The Silmarillion'" (The Babylon Bee headline)
* "Report: All International Conflicts Will Now Be Resolved Via 'Super ____ Bros.'" (The Babylon Bee headline)
* Consumed
* Pat whose daughter Maggie had a brief stint on Wheel of Fortune in 2020
* Backbone
* A quart equals two of them
* Lucy's brother in Peanuts
* African mammal, briefly
* Treasure
* Like some numerals
* Highly potent marijuana
* Metal Gear ____ (1998 video game)
* Gemstone
* Stocking material, perhaps
* Scandanavian
* Oranjestad's island
* Vanderpump Rules network
* Daughter of Helios after whom a chess variant is named

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 6-letter word for "'32 Footsteps' band They Might Be ____"?
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