Solution: Supply and Demand
Answer: MICRON

Written by Kenny Young

Pair up the answers so that when one word supplies a letter to another, and each set of letters is then anagrammed, a two-word phrase is made. In this puzzle, all of the phrases are foods; for example, with the two words CALMER APPEAL, the word APPEAL can supply an A to CALMER. CALMER+A anagrams to CARAMEL, and APPEAL-A anagrams to APPLE. The patterns of blanks in each row are unique, which gives the order for the foods.

Original wordsTransferred letterResulting food
CALMER APPEALACARAMEL APPLE
EASES DEEMSMSESAME SEED
RESISTED NEWIDESSERT WINE
CHAPEL BEAMLPEACH MELBA
MAULING WELTSLMULLIGAN STEW
STAIR SANEISTAR ANISE
SAD POOPOSODA POP
SANDAL DIGRESSNSALAD DRESSING
CITE WEARTICE WATER
ABLER HATEHHERBAL TEA
MILED ATEMDELI MEAT
DEWDROP ARGUESEPOWDERED SUGAR
TRACTOR SICKTCARROT STICK
THAW MERGEEWHEAT GERM
DICE AVERRINGRCIDER VINEGAR


The transferred letters, in order, spell A MILLIONTH METER, which is also known as a MICRON.