[Split Decisions]

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 [L] [A] [B] [Y] [R] [I] [N] [T] [H] [S] Tasting of saltwater

Answer: SHALT, BRINY

Board meeting leader [M] [E] [T] [A] [P] [H] [O] [R] [I] [C] Sonata's speed
Started the pilot again [R] [E] [L] [O] [C] [A] [T] [I] [N] [G] Miami Sound Machine hit
Miserable old woman [H] [Y] [D] [R] [O] [P] [L] [A] [N] [E] In ___ days
Less [N] [E] [U] [T] [R] [A] [L] [I] [S] [M] Red ___
Bookish [C] [A] [N] [D] [Y] [S] [T] [O] [R] [E] Land/sand boundary