Soup Balls of Green ("Green Soup Balls" would be confusing)
Digital water testers? TOES
Victoria in Africa FALLS
Fingers for the D.A. IDS
Red Rose PETE [he played for the Cincinnati Reds]
Silver in old Westerns HORSE [Lone Ranger’s]
Game start? HARDG
Nickel and dime COINS
Kids’ stuff TOYS
Berth place UPPER [note spelling]
Theme: PEA found in phrases
Soup ingredients {and theme hint}
SPLITPEAS [the PEAS are slit in the sense that they are each part of two words]
Just after sunset ATDUSK [When I constructed Xwords BC {before computers} editors would not allow a random preposition before a noun, but I never understood why --- this seems fine.]
Best Tuesday puzzle I can recall.RATING:
Three grins = Excellent: Loved it; Two grins = Good: Enjoyed it; One grin = Satisfactory: A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Unsatisfying: No fun
