The across answers fit into the grid in their rows, while the pentominoes are found in the grid in various shapes. The pentomino answers are as follows:
- A bald person lacks these – HAIRS
- Blue X-Men member – BEAST
- Burns’ partner – ALLEN
- Complain – GRIPE
- Fluid in nodes or glands – LYMPH
- Group of insects – SWARM
- Hearing or smell – SENSE
- It has a fulcrum – LEVER
- Not tall – SHORT
- Permit to happen – ALLOW
- Pisa has one – TOWER
- Prickly pears and saguaros – CACTI
- Put out, as a fire – DOUSE
- SI unit of length – METER
- Something illegal – CRIME
- Telephones – CALLS
- Tube used for drinking – STRAW
- Wombs – UTERI
The finished grid looks like this:
The two unclued pentominoes are MELBA and PEACH, which together make up the solution, the dessert PEACH MELBA.