Hooked on Phonics

Formerly known as the “Sunday Summer Substitute”, editor Cap'n Rick now takes the helm for 'Smooth Sailing Sundays'. As The Commodores sang about Sunday morning, the SSS will focus on easier metas. SSS will also support smaller grids and will mentor new constructors on request. Puzzles released each Sunday around 8am Eastern. Nudges released same day at Noon Eastern. New constructors are welcome.
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MatthewL
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Sssolved, without nudges. Thanks, Jay!
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hcbirker
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SSSolved sans nudges. Fun one Jay!
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hoover
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SSSolved! Without nudges. The previous messages made me realize that there even WERE nudges.
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DrTom
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Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY at Bird Lives Raceway!! Fun Sunday diversion Jay, enjoyed the cluing and the idea.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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SSolved sssans nudges - thanks, Jay - fun puzzle and nice execution!
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SSSolved without nudges -- Jay, such fun cluing, as always! And I believe we are continuing SSS's but rebranding them as "The Endless Summer"-- note the triple-S so we can continue using "SSSolved" and such.
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Sssolved! Got to it late tonight. Nice to solve one solo this week. Or is it next week already?
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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No nudges needed to SSSolve it...thanks Jay!
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Late to it, but a nnnudgeless sssolve. Another fun one, Jay, thx!
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And there was evening and there was morning, the first day, which brought 43 solvers, most of them, if not all, unnudged.
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No doubt, others will show up in coming days. As the man said, If you post it, they will solve.
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jhseeman
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SSSolved.

Didn't need the nudges.....did however need a dictionary. (facepalm).
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Streroto
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SSSolved. Fun and quick.

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Nice one Jay Bird!
I’ve been hooked on phonics ever since teaching 2nd grade for 9 years many moons ago.
And we all get hooked on, and into,
phonics regularly here in Muggledom.

Heard about the stag who asked young Bambi for a date?
The fawn nixed that idea…
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Bird Lives
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Another day, another fourteen solvers, bringing the total to a respectable fifty-seven.

44. Wendy Walker
45. Streroto
46. JR
47. JHSeeman
48. DIS
49. Laura M
50. Sharkicicles
51. Paul S
52. Schmeel
53. Jaclyn
54. Gutman
55. kurtalert
56. Mikey G
57. alex

Barring a sudden influx of solvers, this will probably be the last report for a couple of days.
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Since Tuesday, it’s been a quiet week in this puzzle’s forum. As of Saturday night, no other solvers had checked in, leaving the total at 57.

The answer was LETTER SOUNDS. Each themer sounded like the names of two letters of the alphabet. In order of their parenthetical numbers these were:

L E . . .ELLY
T T . . .TITI
E R . . .EEYORE
S O . . .ESSO
U N . . .EWAN
D S . . .DÉESSE
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Thanks to all for the accurate solutions (there were no incorrect answers) and kind comments.
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