Wordy Wednesday 495: Pent Words 99

WORDY WEDNESDAY #492
TOUCHWORD 25 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #493
HEX PATHFINDER 30 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #494
FRAMELINKS 15 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #495
PENT WORDS 99
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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 Last Week Tonight with ____ Oliver / Crown and ____ (gambling dice game)
2 Press / Certain mollusk
3 Feudal peasant / Drive-in restaurant employee
4 Stun gun brand / A shade of brown
5 In good spirits / Big name in audio equipment
6 “Out of ____, out of mind” / Become mature, as fruit
7 Gin’s partner / Unit of gold purity
8 1997-2001 Disney Channel series which takes place at Third Street School / Part of an eye
9 “The ____ of Hearts, he stole the tarts. . .” / The capital of Delaware
10 Alan of M*A*S*H / Render powerless
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Brother’s daughter
* Bird associated with babies
* Certain passenger car
* On the ____ (in a defensive position)
* United States ____ Academy (Annapolis institute)
* “The ____ of Dreams” (Billy Joel song)
* The ____ Limits
* Parenthetical remark
* Ceiling-supporting beam
* Grouchy Sesame Street resident
* Routine task
* With The, 1993-1999 sitcom starring Fran Drescher
* Stretch out your hand
* Leases, as a car
* The number 1, in piano fingering
* Certain building block
* ____ is Enough
* Transport by boat

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 6-letter word for "____ 49 (2004 drama film about firefighters)"?
* Patron Puzzle #100, which will be delivered on September 8, 2022, exclusively to Patreon supporters at the Super Fan level and up ($5 or more per month), is a Super Pent Words.

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