108. Cast of Characters

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Hello hello! The Cubbies have one month left of baseball. They played incredibly in April, July, and August, but will an abysmal May and June affect their playoff chances? Stay tuned!

Oh, that's right, you're just here for the puzzles, haha. Last grid for the Summer of Solves today, and we'll go back to biweekly after that for a bit.

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1. Puzzle #107 answer: LUNCH BOX (also accepted LUNCH BAG).

Correct entries: 71 (initially, this was playing like a Level 3+, but that was likely the grid/rebus aspect of it; the revised prompt probably helped!)

Shortest explanation: Four boxes contain a word that can precede LUNCH in a common phrase - hence LUNCH BOX, the answer to the meta! Note my contrived attempt at grid art to match the meta.

Mailbag: "Not familiar with 'sack lunch,' so wasn't quite sure!"

This was also another factor that may have thrown some initially! Possibly could be a generational or regional thing, but I was always taking sack lunches to field trips in the '90s!

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2. I firmly believe this is a fair, legitimate meta that should clock in around Level 2/2.5 to finish up the third annual Summer of Solves. Thanks so much for solving along!

Good luck, and may all your solves be beautiful!

Mikey G

The answer to the meta is a famous 3-word phrase.