TAAPD = ADAPT

XCATE = EXACT

DAMIDY = MIDDAY

DIMELD = MIDDLE

CARTOON ANSWER:

ATEAYL = “EATALY”

Good Wednesday morning everybody!  What a fun puzzle today featuring some great clue words and a wonderful cartoon.  ADAPT and EXACT were rather easy but the two D’s together in MIDDAY had me stumped for a minute.  With all of the clue words solved, it was on to the cartoon.  It looks like David, Jeff and their spouses were having a wonderful Italian feast at Cafe Rosa.  I really liked the napkin tucked into Jeff’s shirt and the historic landscape pictured in the background.  I visited Rome in the summer of 2016 and it was so hot that we stopped at what seemed like every gelato shop on our walking tour of the city.  The cartoon answer was easy to figure out being only 7 letters long and all of the imagery pictured.  I hope your New Year is off to a great start and you’re sticking to your resolution if you made one.  I’ll see you bright and early tomorrow morning!  😀