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Theme puzzle · theme: weather (and two poets/singers) · target 118. This puzzle has closed — today’s is here.
The clue
One is what a chilly reception is called, one is what a hot road does to the distance.
The rack
Eighteen tiles were on the board. Every letter is worth its place in the alphabet, A = 1 to Z = 26.
A1H8O15Z26O15E5O15T20S19R18A1O15E5E5F6D4E5E5
The answer
2 words, hitting 118 exactly: FROST + HAZE.
F6R18O15S19T20= 78
+H8A1Z26E5= 40
FROST 78 + HAZE 40 = 118. SumHunt reads left to right, so there is no operator precedence to trip over.