Wordy Wednesday 560: Pent Words 112

WORDY WEDNESDAY #557
ANACROSSWORD 34 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #558
DIAGRAMLESS CROSSWORD 12 (answer)

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Michael Lebowitz **
Randy Rogers **
Tyler Hinman **
Kevin Orfield **
Patrick Jordan *
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #559
SNAKE CRISSCROSS 25 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #560
PENT WORDS 112
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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. . .” / Critical remark aimed at an easy target
2 Sailor’s affirmative response / Either of a dog’s front limbs
3 “____ Brew” (Cream song) / “____ Me to the Moon”
4 Baltimore bird / Woof’s counterpart
5 Impose a penalty on / “____ the front door!”
6 Part of a church, perhaps / ____ Dare (Nickelodeon game show)
7 Gas, in London / Certain marine mammal
8 Foe / Drink made from oranges, perhaps
9 Nissan crossover model / Extraterrestrial being
10 Common stocking material / Judge’s hammer
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* English author Carroll
* English author Carroll’s title character
* Monopoly player’s purchase
* Monopoly player’s purchase
* Russian currency unit
* Underdog’s victory
* Andrews of Mary Poppins
* Merrily We Roll ____
* Aswan’s country
* Fur trader John Jacob
* “Let the ____ beware”
* Quality exhibited by satire
* Unclearly expressed
* Belly button
* ____ of Empires (browser-based strategy game)
* “A leopard cannot change its ____”
* Oddly amusing
* Negatively charged atom or molecule

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What galaxy is named after the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia?

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