Instructions
Take the ten letters in the middle of each row and split them, five on a side, to make words as defined by the clues.
Example:
Commandment word
Tasting of saltwater
Answer: SHALT, BRINY
Tusk material
Vital sign
Fabulists
Chocolate dessert
Bread bit
Muscle
Kind of jungle or wasteland
Indifferent
Water in the hull
Sour expression
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