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Daily puzzle · target 16. This puzzle has closed — today’s is here.
The clue
What the flustered get hot under, less what strict bosses keep you on.
The rack
Eighteen tiles were on the board. Every letter is worth its place in the alphabet, A = 1 to Z = 26.
I9R18E5S19L12C3L12I9H8L12T20L12R18T20O15A1A1I9
The answer
2 words, hitting 16 exactly: COLLAR LEASH.
C3O15L12L12A1R18= 61
−L12E5A1S19H8= 45
COLLAR 61 − LEASH 45 = 16. SumHunt reads left to right, so there is no operator precedence to trip over.