Wordy Wednesday 485: Pent Words 97

WORDY WEDNESDAY #482
CRYPTICROSTIC 16 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #483
FRAMELINKS 13 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #484
DIVIDED INTO COLUMNS 10 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #485
PENT WORDS 97
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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 Springer ____ / Guided
2 Rib / Deplorable
3 Baltimore baseballer / “Chocolate ____” (2007 hit for Tay Zonday)
4 Absolutely dry / The allocation of treatment to hospital patients
5 Absolute ruler / Spar on a ship
6 Door joint / Verbally
7 Sea anemone, for one / Sharpened
8 Legally bar / Rabbit relatives
9 Stay the ____ (persist) / “Praise the Lord and ____ the Ammunition”
10 South American mammal related to the raccoon / θ
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Garlic-flavored mayonnaise
* Herb of the carrot family
* Barkin of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
* Church offering
* ____ Puffs (General Mills cereal)
* Musical composition for developing a specific technique
* Shepherd’s ____ (annual herb)
* Horned African mammal, briefly
* Some heart chambers
* Spaghetti or ravioli, for example
* Say Yes to the ____ (TLC reality series)
* Short-tailed weasel
* Icon or symbol
* Waikiki welcome
* “Live Like You Were ____” (Tim McGraw song)
* Fall bloomer
* Devil May Cry protagonist
* Green Italian sauce

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 6-letter word for "Dan who was a regular on 48 Hours"?

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