Wordy Wednesday 475: Pent Words 95

WORDY WEDNESDAY #473
CODEWORDS 19 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #474
HEX PATHFINDER 29 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #475
PENT WORDS 95
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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 Erudite one / ____-gallon hat
2 Three-point feat in horseshoes / Threat-ending word
3 Prayer-ending word / Freezing point?
4 Character played by Dean Winters in Allstate ads / “Hit the ____ Jack” (Ray Charles hit)
5 ____ of War (Epic Games franchise) / Gather
6 Nut of an oak tree / Screw up
7 Ditch around a castle / ____ on Infinite Earths (1985-1986 comic book series)
8 “You’re the ____” (song from The Karate Kid) / ____ effect
9 Thin nail / Be excessive in, as an activity
10 ____ of the ball / Declare void, as a marriage
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Heard who played Mera in Aquaman (2018)
* “Cliffs of ____” (Eric Johnson instrumental)
* Recess for a statue
* “Blue” singer Rimes
* Cookie ____ (breakfast cereal)
* Möbius ____
* Big name in electric vehicles
* Skedaddle
* Zagreb resident
* “This little piggy had ____ beef. . .”
* Mars ____ Moms (2011 film)
* Picture
* Cuban ballroom dance
* South Korea’s capital
* Not small
* Genesis tower site
* Item from the past
* The criminal burning of property

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 7-letter word for "____ Roll (chocolate-flavored candy)"?
* What's a 6-letter word for "Calamity of Tiny Toon Adventures is one"?

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