Episode #336 Contest: Warning: May Contain Nuts

[bcimmet]

There's a new contest puzzle from Fill Me In. I'll rate this one 2.4 bananas on a scale of 5 bananas. (Bananas has nothing to do with the puzzle, it's just a 1-to-5 scale we made up.)

The puzzle is called "Warning: May Contain Nuts" and was constructed by me (Brian Cimmet). The solution to the puzzle is a food. (And seriously, bananas has nothing to do with it, honest.)

The crossword can be downloaded from here. You're welcome to solve and talk about the puzzle -- but if you want to be eligible for a prize, you have to listen to the podcast for this week's password. The podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, our own website, or wherever you collect your podcasts.

Once you've solved the puzzle, submit your answer and this week's password by email to fmi@bemoresmarter.com. You can also contact us with any suggestions, questions, comments, or ideas. Thanks for playing along!

[Schmeel]

Banana's peeled. Fun one.

[boharr]

Banana's peeled.

[oldjudge]

Nice and easy but fun. Nice job Brian!

[Meg]

Banana peeled and in the smoothie.

[BarbaraK]

I did the grid the other day. Saw something, but it didn't lead to a food.

Picked it up again, and it's right there in my notes.

[ChrisKochmanski]

Was traveling, and got to this one late. Glad I looked for it.

Banana peeled!

[bcimmet]

Hello solvers,

The solution to this contest was MACADAMIA (or MACADAMIA NUTS).

Taking a cue from the title, there were four entries in the grid that contained the letters N-U-T-S in some order: SANCTUM, DAUNTS, TSUNAMI, and TUNAS. If you removed the NUTS from each, the leftover letters (ACM, AD, AMI, and A) can be rearranged to spell MACADAMIA.

Thanks for playing! There's another contest puzzle and another post in the forum for it. I hope you give it a try!