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Daily puzzle · target 38. This puzzle has closed — today’s is here.
The clue
What blood and wine both travel in, less what a trouser style was named after.
The rack
Eighteen tiles were on the board. Every letter is worth its place in the alphabet, A = 1 to Z = 26.
S19L12O15E5E5V22E5R18E5C3E5E5G7S19V22E5A1A1
The answer
2 words, hitting 38 exactly: VESSEL CARGO.
V22E5S19S19E5L12= 82
−C3A1R18G7O15= 44
VESSEL 82 − CARGO 44 = 38. SumHunt reads left to right, so there is no operator precedence to trip over.