Word Wednesday 465: Pent Words 93

WORDY WEDNESDAY #463
DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 12 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #464
WORD PUZZLE IN THREE COLORS (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #465
PENT WORDS 93
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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 “The wheels on the ____ go round and round. . .” / ____ John, M.D. (1979-1986 medical drama)

2 Handles for sword fighters / The Grapes of ____

3 Play it by ____ / Due ____

4 Be in accord / The heaviest inert gas

5 Wrack and ____ (complete destruction) / Series, as of consecutive wins

6 Dedicate / Some beers

7 Three-____ sloth / Two-speaker sound system

8 ____-teacher conference / Better Call ____ (AMC legal drama)

9 Relatives of the extinct quagga / ____ butter

10 Dora Winifred Read’s older brother / “We’re an American ____” (Grand Funk Railroad song)

PENTOMINOES:

* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER

* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER

* November birthstone

* “I ____ It Through the Grapevine”

* ____ sprawl

* “I ____ Mi Amor” (Color Me Badd song)

* “Camptown ____”

* “Let’s get down to ____ tacks”

* What’s the ____ That Could Happen? (2001 film)

* Reasons to go to an auto repair shop, perhaps

* Spaghetti ____

* South Korea’s capital

* “Quit while you’re ____”

* Fail to be in accord

* The third planet from the sun

* Shopping ____ (1996-1997 game show)

* Observes

* The House That Jack ____ (2018 horror film)

* City where the Art Gallery of Western Australia is located

* Make changes to

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 6-letter word for "Samantha who played Maria Gonzales in Code 46 (2003), or a big name in salt"?
* What's a 5-letter word for "____ punt (canine term for a football tactic also called a quick kick)"?

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