Avoiding the green

[bonanova 71]

1. It was she who composed the diminutive article.

2. Displaying a jelly roll in gastronomic splendor.

3. No surprise; the best ones are rarely inexpensive.

4. You can usually find Jane singing at her studio.

5. She's the sister of an old friend.

6. Was Amos smoking, again, outside?

[plainglazed 65]

a rolling stone gathers no moss

think Time Out was going for appropriate anagrams within the clues which got me going -

2. Displaying a jelly roll in gastronomic splendor.

3. No surprise; the best ones are rarely inexpensive.

[Time Out 11]

2 morton 3 resonates

[bonanova 71]

Time Out, not sure where you're going, but nope.

1 3 2 4 2 2

[Rob_Gandy 2]

1. A

2.Pan

4.Chen

[Rob_Gandy 2]

a rolling stone gathers no moss

think Time Out was going for appropriate anagrams within the clues which got me going -

2. Displaying a jelly roll in gastronomic splendor.

3. No surprise; the best ones are rarely inexpensive.

Now the numbers make sense. I thought it meant length of words.

[TheChad08 14]

I don't get this at all.

[bonanova 71]

a rolling stone gathers no moss

Yup! Nice.

[Rob_Gandy 2]

I don't get this at all.

1. It was she who composed the diminutive article.-1

2. Displaying a jelly roll in gastronomic splendor.-3

3. No surprise; the best ones are rarely inexpensive.-2

4. You can usually find Jane singing at her studio.-4

5. She's the sister of an old friend.-2

6. Was Amos smoking, again, outside?-2

[TheChad08 14]

1. It was she who composed the diminutive article.-1

2. Displaying a jelly roll in gastronomic splendor.-3

3. No surprise; the best ones are rarely inexpensive.-2

4. You can usually find Jane singing at her studio.-4

5. She's the sister of an old friend.-2

6. Was Amos smoking, again, outside?-2

I understand the answers, but I have no clue how people knew what to look for.

Where does the title come from?

[bonanova 71]

I understand the answers, but I have no clue how people knew what to look for.

Where does the title come from?

Ever ask two questions then realize they answer each other?

I'm not good at this type of puzzle -- math and logic is more to my liking.

But thought I'd look into them. Part of the solution is to discover what to look for.