I agree this one is a stretch. I decided the stripy things were meant to be ties but I couldn't see a well known phrase. I know what a tie is and I know what a score is but I've never heard the expression "tie or tied score". We'd just say "tie" or "draw" for equal scores. The word score would be redundant. Is "tied score" a common expression in the US? Thanks, Jasdip, for posting these.

”he line” is 87.5% of the phrase, counting the space. I have a hard time thinkng of all that as “the end” of it. So the puzzle gets my personal 👎 this week but enough of you guys got it so I guess it’s a me issue. I look forward to trying to redeem myself next week!

Thanks rox for your hhehelp. The copy was too small to read on my phone, I expanded it a bit and used a magnifying glass but it was too fuzzy to read well, but I think that itits it's the heading at the top left. Last night I looked through the list of topics and could not find the K T anywhere. I've had two links to Houzz on Yahoo, one with several topics, the other only "The kitchen table". If that failed, would I be banished, as I could not find it listed anywhere on the list of topics? Then I remembered that long ago I came by putting "ths..gardenweb..com" as the address. But then I wondered whether the "ths" would be a deterent, as it appears that the "Home Forum" is no longer in use. Thank you for your help, rox and KW PNW. ole joyful P.S. oh, ddeath drat- they're listing me by that darned number, again! (Mr. editor - would you go for a nap, please?). o j

Oh wow, I just guessed correctly after studying it one last time before scrolling down - didn't think it would be right tho 😄 Thanks again Jasdip 🙂