Doubled for Tuesday, March 5, 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 3 words long, with 8, 5 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with C.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Something valuable in transit, then trousers with big pockets on the legs.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Precious Pants
Precious cargo and Cargo pants, joined on Cargo.
Precious cargo
Precious cargo is a valuable load being transported, and is often said of a child asleep in the back seat.
Cargo pants
Cargo pants are loose trousers with large patch pockets on the thighs, borrowed from military uniform.
How players did
Across 505 plays, 34% got the whole answer in one guess, 9% solved it without a miss, 25% got there after at least one wrong guess, 12% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 20% did not get it.