Wordy Wednesday 615: Pent Words 123

WORDY WEDNESDAY #613
FRAMELINKS 25 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #614
SUDOKUROSTIC 5 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #615
PENT WORDS 123
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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 Spaghetti or ravioli / River flowing through the Alps
2 Emulated Tim Tebow, perhaps / Small group of specially-trained personnel
3 Stable sound / Online provocateur
4 Song with the lyric, “It’s like rain on your wedding day” / Sham
5 Young deer / Bass’s counterpart
6 ____ and every / Showy autumn flowers
7 Porgy relative / Late night comedian Corden
8 Have possession of / Very wealthy
9 Coney ____ / Small opening in skin
10 What’s ____ Gilbert Grape (1993 film starring Johnny Depp) / Catholic Eucharistic service
PENTOMINOES:
• HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
• THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
• “____ the rainbow” (Skittles slogan)
• Oppenheimer director Christopher
• Word following “control” or “solar”
• Noodles at a Japanese restaurant
• Samurai without a master
• Household task
• Lock of hair
• “God ____ America”
• The ____ Burnett Show (1967-1978 sketch comedy series)
• Loosen up
• Beginning
• Minty cocktail associated with the Kentucky Derby
• Winner of a tourney
• Number of pawns one player starts with in chess
• Mindful
• Sharpened
• “Nights in White ____”
• Dragon’s ____ (2012 role-playing video game)

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