Puzzle #106: Front Loaded (by Matt Forest)

Hi friends,

Today's puzzle comes to us from Matt Forest, who not only graciously made us this guest puzzle but has also provided an absolutely incredible-looking bake to go along with. You can find more of Matt's puzzles on his blog, and in a recent offering over at Defector. Thank you, Matt! This puzzle is a mid-sized themed offering that's laden with fun.

Matt says: "This puzzle came into existence after the revealer phrase popped into my head one day, and I thought, "Maybe that could be something." So, I jotted it down, and later went searching for theme answers to see if anything would fit the bill. I ended up parking this on a midi-sized canvas because I didn't think the theme necessitated anything larger. I chatted with Will about it one day and he graciously offered to run it as a guest puzzle on his site. I just so happened to be baking some banana chocolate chip muffins on the day we discussed the puzzle, so giving it a home on Half Baked just felt right!"

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Mmm, chocolate chip banana muffins

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