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Daily puzzle · target 156. This puzzle has closed — today’s is here.
The clue
Who the police got to talk, and what disapproval rises in.
The rack
Eighteen tiles were on the board. Every letter is worth its place in the alphabet, A = 1 to Z = 26.
R18S19T20H8O15S19U21F6A1S19E5G7C3R18I9U21N14N14
The answer
2 words, hitting 156 exactly: SINGER CHORUS.
S19I9N14G7E5R18= 72
+C3H8O15R18U21S19= 84
SINGER 72 + CHORUS 84 = 156. SumHunt reads left to right, so there is no operator precedence to trip over.