Wordy Wednesday 590: Pent Words 118

WORDY WEDNESDAY #588
FRAMELINKS 22 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #589
TOUCHWORD 31 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #590
PENT WORDS 118
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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 Slowly swing back and forth / Neither masculine nor feminine
2 Pole on a ship / Greatly enjoy
3 Moby-Dick captain / Item thrown by Donkey Kong
4 Hoofed animal associated with Canada / Cleaning product brand
5 India pale ____ / Kneecap
6 Suffocate / Days of ____ Lives (soap opera)
7 Stuff inside an hourglass / Breakout
8 “Defying ____” (song from Wicked) / “Jack Sprat could eat no ____. . .”
9 Space ____ (Seattle landmark) / “____ in peace”
10 Stone pillar with a pointy top / “____ transit gloria mundi”
PENTOMINOES:
• HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
• THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
• ____ plexus
• Prize namesake Alfred
• In that place
• One who is defiant
• Establishments offering espresso
• ____ Mouth (rock band)
• Outer covering of an egg
• Perils
• Watchmaker’s magnifier
• Former CNN anchor Don
• Verboten
• Be of one mind
• John of True Grit (1969)
• “Gangnam ____” (2012 hit for rapper Psy)
• Wombs
• Sudden flood
• Collect
• Upper room often used for storage

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