Janine

I loved it. Cute gimmick & I solved it in record time for a Sunday. No hesitations, no typos - just whoosh with a smile. Thank you for a fun Sunday, Simeon :)

Beat the bot who said PEARL would've been a better 2nd answer than mine which was TREAD & on to the answer, GRADE (3rd try). Don't agree with the bot (sorry) because I don't know where the L would've come in. Hurray for me :)