Hmm - I got this - The short stop ball. I’m giving myself credit for figuring out ’shortstop’ & thinking wuzzle had something to do with base ball. But, I don’t see a clue to the word threw…. But, on further thought I guess the letters in the top to bottom order instead of linear are meant to suggest the word threw.

Haven’t had any ideas on this one yet today. But, looking at it now I have an idea. Remains to be seen whether it’s a good one or not.

Ha ha! My first guess was business centre! But I thought that was too farfetched and decided unfinished business was more likely.

foas - you’re East Coast, yes? From West Coast, I know I’ve heard the term ’starters’ for a first course in a more formal dinner or even listed that way on menus. But, apps, the more casual word, is what first comes to mind for me. We definitely say four-uh-ners. A very different sound for the ’IN’ part of inners. My birthplace is MT & I spent adolescence & teen years in AK so I don’t think I have a typical regional accent or speech pattern. A person once told me I sounded like I came from NY. Didn’t say which part but I think that’s the MT influence.