Puzzle Description:

sub sandwich

#1: Jan Wolter (jan) on Aug 30, 2004

Nice image, but I'm not convinced that this is solvable without guessing.

I think this one must contain some ambiguity - I found a solution that satisfies all the conditions, but it isn't the right one.

first i thought this was a supmarine then a tank and its a sandwith.... why hero?

Sometimes we call them hero sandwiches. I don't know why, but I'll bet someone here does!

It comes from the Greek sandwiches called giro but Americans pronounce it hero.

Unless you're from Oklahoma,in which case you usually hear it with a soft g like in germ! I think I did know that, M2! thanks!

thank you both. I guess its god to know :o)

Webpbn, your #1 source for useless trivia! ;)

definately lol

I've always heard it said 'yiro' here in Arizona. Also, I got an accidental solution, having trouble figuring out what it should be...

I thought it was a cruise ship with rows of port holes along the top and bunting along the side. Didn't fit with the title but that's what it looked like.

I prefer yiro, but I've also heard gyro (pronounced like gyroscope)

I didn't know that was the origin of hero sandwiches, but it makes complete sense.

In Louisiana, unless you're at Subway or Quiznos or another chain, they're called Po-boys.

Also known as a hoagie around Philly. This seems to come from a type of hero that workers brought to the shipyards on Hog Island. (The workers were called Hoggies - or Hoagies with an italian accent.)

Shifting through my disused vocabulary bins, I also remember them being called grinders. Growing up, we ate subs.

It's a shame the 28 was not extended to a 30 to make the black at the top streamline down. I managed to edge logic my way up to 25, then tried one of the guess solutions; it ended up being the "tank" version and not correct. I think if the 28 became a 30 that a single solution would exist.

As part of my look through WebPBN history, I've resubmitted this puzzle (see #23263) to make it logically solvable without guessing. All copyright for the changed puzzle remains with the original puzzlesmith (Megan).

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