Doubled for Saturday, March 2, 2024
One picture, one hidden three-word chain. The first two words make a familiar phrase, the last two make another, and the middle word belongs to both. New to the game? Read how to play first.
Hints
Open them one at a time. Each one gives away a little more than the last.
Hint 1
The answer is 6 words long, with 3, 4, 4, 2, 4 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with T.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 5 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Your sole option, then the open plaza at the centre of a settlement.
The answer
Stuck, or want to check? Opening this reveals the whole answer.
Reveal the answer
The Only Game In Square
The only game in town and Town square, joined on Town.
The only game in town
The only game in town is the one available option: if a business or a plan is the only game in town, you take it or go without.
Town square
A town square is the open public space at the heart of a town, traditionally the site of the market, the church and the town hall.
How players did
Across 1,024 plays, 10% got the whole answer in one guess, 6% solved it without a miss, 28% got there after at least one wrong guess, 32% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 25% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on March 2, 2024, March 2, 2025 and March 2, 2026.