This is a tidbits puzzle:

Illustration:  a tidbits puzzle. (30K)

This is a tidbit:

Illustration:  A tidbit. (2K)

The puzzles are divided into shaded and white
sections.  The tidbit for each section will be
part of every correct answer in that section.

For example, in the section of the puzzle
shown below, the tidbit "ve" is part of
the words "negative," "oven," and "thieves."

Illustration:  tidbits in the puzzle. (19K)

Now, check out the three white boxes going
down the center of the puzzle.

Illustration:  Phrase boxes (35K)

The first letter of each answer you write in
(if correct) will spell out the phrase that's
hinted at in the top right corner.  In this
puzzle, the solution to "Waiter's Line" is
"Not My Table."

Illustration:  Phrase filled in. (36K)

Once you've guessed the answer to the phrase
going down, you'll have the first letter of all the
remaining answers.  Now it should be a snap
to solve the rest of the puzzle.  Try it below.  

The whole puzzle.  Try it! (88K)

Remember that the tidbit in each section
will be part of every correct answer in that
section.  The tidbit may be at the start, in
the middle or at the end of the word, but
the letters will always be together and in
the same order.

Okay, I get it.  Take me to this week's puzzle.

puzzle shown