PUZZLE #407: Pent Words 18

PUZZLE #407

PENT WORDS 18

For this puzzle, you must divide the grid into pentominoes (they’re sorta like Tetris pieces, except they’re areas made up of five squares each) and put 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, reading left to right beginning 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 above, the rows spell out CHINS, PARTY, and ANKLE, and the pentominoes spell out the words CHINA, STYLE, and PRANK.) Use the across answers to figure out where the pentominoes go.

Once you're done, combine the two unclued pentominoes to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a two-word phrase

ACROSS (Two answers per row)

1) Pageant crown worn by Lola from The Loud House

    Pull a harp string

2) Southpaws

    Dilbert's curved-up neckwear

3) Hot rod's rod

    "On the Internet, _____ knows you're a dog" (caption of a New Yorker cartoon)

4) Hines from Curb Your Enthusiasm, or the role she plays

    Got a perfect score on

5) Stretchy, like Mister Fantastic's superpowered body

    Newton who was the Panthers' quarterback in Super Bowl 50

6) Word following "belly" or "go-go"

    Turnable part of a 1950s TV set

7) Entertainer in a kimono

    Wily maneuver

8) Route for avoiding road construction

    "Yankee Rose" singer David Lee

9) Florida-based NFL team with a human mascot, for short

    Temporary mobile phone

10) Gland located below the Adam's apple

      Gibson _____ Paul (classic guitar model)

PENTOMINOES (Five letters per answer)

• HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER

• THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER

• _____'s Razor (principle that says the simplest solution is usually the correct one)

• Feral donkey in Mexico

• Mold and mildew remover owned by Clorox

• They write "Happy Birthday" on cakes, sometimes

• Like a dream that you can control

• Cape Fear actress Jessica

• Sits around doing nothing

• Short-tempered pigeon from Animaniacs' "Goodfeathers" segments (or a green sauce)

• To Say the _____ (short-lived word-guessing game show from the '70s)

• Last choice on a survey question, often

• Any musician's first album, say

• In a gallant manner

• Like a spring day with too much precipitation

• Protective clothing worn by Mama from the Cooking Mama video games

• The _____ & Scratchy Show (Bart Simpson's favorite cartoon)

• Vandalized a car with a tool meant to unlock it

• Needed a massage

• Color of a zebra's skin underneath its fur

Once you think you know what the FINAL ANSWER is, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or even ask for a hint, though you'll be marked as having used one if you do so) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a link to a .PDF version which you can print out!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XJFJnUu1LfhcUzSgNGEkqujVJ4WF7KzI/view?usp=sharing