Wordy Wednesday 360: Pent Words 72

WORDY WEDNESDAY #357

DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 8 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #358

DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 9 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #359

SNAKE CRISSCROSS 12 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #360

PENT WORDS 72

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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 Ford SUV associated with O. J. Simpson / Become more lively, with "up" 
2 Nitrous ____ (laughing gas) / Corporal Walter Eugene O'Reilly, familiarly 
3 Japanese egg noodles / Song at a funeral 
4 Jerk's offering / "Successful New Movie Ratings Website Just Gives Exact Opposite Score Of ____ Tomatoes" (headline from Christian satirical news site The Babylon Bee) 
5 Low point / "Bruce ____ Suspected As Patient Zero In Gotham Coronavirus Outbreak" (The Babylon Bee headline) 
6 Square / Commencements 
7 "Super ____" (ABBA song) / Cacophanous noise 
8 ____: A Machine for Pigs (2013 horror game) / "And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and ____. . ." 
9 Animal also known as a prairie wolf / Brunswick ____ 
10 The Big ____ (1985-2009 California lottery game show) / Williams of Neptune's Daughter (1949) 

PENTOMINOES: 
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER 
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER 
* Stereotypical name of a woman who wants to see your manager 
* ____ cheer 
* ____ of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film) 
* "____ In My Own Tears" (Ray Charles song) 
* Alcoholic apple beverage 
* Express a viewpoint 
* On the ____ (in a vulnerable position) 
* Catlike animal with a spotted body and a ringed tail 
* Strawberry ____ Clock (rock band) 
* They may measure IQ 
* Tendon 
* French farewell 
* Me and ____ Welles (2008 film) 
* Anesthetic of yore 
* Alter, as a constitution 
* Word following "horse" or "soap" 
* Stun gun trademark 
* Tuesday offerings at a Mexican restaurant 

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