Wordy Wednesday 540: Pent Words 108

WORDY WEDNESDAY #538
FRAMELINKS 18 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #539
SPICY GERMAN SAUSAGE 4 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #540
PENT WORDS 108
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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 Pertaining to a church singing group / Racetrack shape, often
2 Finite portion of a line / “____ the Force, Luke”
3 Local ____ network / On Fire with Jeff ____ (official Survivor podcast which debuted in 2023)
4 From head to ____ / Related to the outer layer of the eye
5 Sodium hydroxide is one / Meat from a calf
6 Inclined, like a skiing course / Traveled via horse, for example
7 Word before “can” or “talk” / Relinquish, as a right
8 Its flag represents its Catholic and Protestant populations and the peace between them / Long fish
9 “Friend”-ly name of Arthur Read’s pet dog / Cheese named after a village in Somersetshire, England
10 Kim Hunter’s role in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) / “New ____” (Tom Lehrer song)
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Water lily which serves as a Hindu symbol
* Tool for ensuring that something is perfectly horizontal
* Certain camel relative
* Journey to the Center of the ____
* Big name in oil and gas
* ____ and well
* One paid to park your car
* Out of bed
* Assisted
* Investigate thoroughly
* Ring-shaped coral reef
* Adhesive substance
* Item in the logo of the Disney cartoon Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers
* Quick-cooking Japanese egg noodles
* Felt a dull, persistent pain
* Become overwhelmed
* Opted for
* The Phantom of the ____

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