Wordy Wednesday 345: Pent Words 69

WORDY WEDNESDAY #343

TOUCHWORD 16 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #344

LOGICROSSWORD 6 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #345

PENT WORDS 69

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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 Actress Kelly Marie who played Rose Tico in the Star Wars sequel trilogy / "Archaeologists Discover Blue Confetti From Mary And Joseph's ____ Reveal Party" (headline from Christian satirical news site The Babylon Bee)
2 Place for a piercing, often / k ____ for now (swt live) (Ariana Grande album)
3 The Rite of ____ (Stravinsky work) / Not early
4 Emotionally distant / French sculptor François Auguste René ____
5 Like subtraction to addition / "____ me with a spoon!"
6 The ____ Take Manhattan (1984 film) / Substance that famously doesn't mix with water
7 Blood of the Greek gods / Concur
8 Rock band with the debut album Bleach / Faucet
9 "Four score and seven years ____. . ." / An act of rubbing out pencil marks
10 "Archaeologists Discover Pair Of Crocs Worn By ____ Iscariot" (The Babylon Bee headline) / Sea duck with soft down
   
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* A mild Dutch cheese
* Dynamite inventor Alfred
* Specialized vocabulary for a particular field
* Lithe
* Kentucky ____ (horse race)
* Stanza of a song
* Carl who was married to science writer Ann Druyan
* Consumed
* Dora the Explorer's cousin
* Michael of Monty Python
* Rapper Nicki
* Word before "crust" or "hand"
* "All joking ____. . ."
* "____ in Heart, O God" (Christian hymn)
* Lasso
* "Fire and Ice" poet Robert
* Group of church singers
* "____ in Heaven" (Eric Clapton song)

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 6-letter word for "Miracle on 34th ____ (1947 Christmas film)"?

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