Title: “Places, Everyone!”
Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is the (fitting) 12-letter vehicle I took on my wild trip around the U.S. this summer
Answer: HONDA ODYSSEY, found by 438 solvers, 418 of whom were solo solves

Still haven’t seen it! I will keep trying…last week’s puzzle consisted of five cities visited on my peripatetic recent fake journey around the U.S. My bogus destinations were:

15-A: [First city I hit on my trip, where I encountered space giants one hundred meters high!] = HOUSTON
19-A: [___ City (second place I hit on my trip, where tornadoes tossed my craft to and fro!)] = OKLAHOMA
27-A: [___ City (third city I hit on my trip, where buildings three hundred men tall towered over our crew!)] = NEW YORK
32-D: [Fourth city I hit on my trip, where millions of cattle freely roamed the plain!] = DALLAS
35-D: [Fifth and final city I hit on my trip, where some tech bros gave me a GPS so I could finally find my way home!] = AUSTIN

The first letters of those five entries spell HONDA, and with all the Odyssey talk lately, 438 solvers managed to suss that out as the contest answer.

THIS WEEK’S PUZZLE:

Today’s puzzle is Week 2 of 4 in August. Instructions: This week’s contest answer is a famous kids’ book.