Wordy Wednesday 420: Pent Words 84

WORDY WEDNESDAY #417
DIVIDED INTO COLUMNS 6 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #418
DIAGRAMLESS CROSSWORD 7 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #419
TOUCHWORD 21 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #420
PENT WORDS 84
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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 Paradise / Sheet that protects something from rain

2 Fluid-containing pouch / Tenon’s partner

3 Merriment / Clever

4 Remove, as pencil markings / The capital of the Italian region of Liguria

5 A reddish blue / Legendary crossword writer Reagle

6 Châteaus / ____ Say the Darndest Things

7 Salad namesake Cardini / Can

8 Illusionist Angel / ____ acid

9 Some woodwinds / Stroll

10 The whole nine ____ / Brazilian ballroom dance

PENTOMINOES:

* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER

* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER

* ____ Coins in the Fountain

* Silly

* Gather

* Guadalajara goodbye

* Avoid, as a difficult issue

* Application

* Belonging to a high aristocratic class

* California roll, for one

* The real ____

* Common garden decoration

* ____ VCS (2021 microconsole based on a 1977 video game console)

* Casts a sidelong glance

* Organ or piano component

* Venomous African snake

* ____ of directors

* Inspector Endeavour of British television and novels

* Get up, as from a chair

* Hot ____ (clothing store)

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 7-letter word for "Bad things to cross, as per Ghostbusters"?

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