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Theme puzzle · theme: regalia · target 159. This puzzle has closed — today’s is here.
The clue
One is what the hilltop keeps and the balding lose, one is what the other hand is holding — and a coronation wants both.
The rack
Eighteen tiles were on the board. Every letter is worth its place in the alphabet, A = 1 to Z = 26.
T20R18E5S19R18W23N14D4P16E5E5T20A1T20O15C3C3R18
The answer
2 words, hitting 159 exactly: CROWN + SCEPTRE.
C3R18O15W23N14= 73
+S19C3E5P16T20R18E5= 86
CROWN 73 + SCEPTRE 86 = 159. SumHunt reads left to right, so there is no operator precedence to trip over.