Doubled for Saturday, March 23, 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 5 words long, with 10, 9, 2, 3 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 9 letters and starts with N.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 4, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
An organisational headache, then a horror film with a man in a striped sweater.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Logistical On Elm Street
Logistical nightmare and Nightmare on elm street, joined on Nightmare.
Logistical nightmare
A logistical nightmare is a task whose practical arrangements, the moving of people, things and timings, are almost impossibly complicated.
Nightmare on elm street
A Nightmare on Elm Street is the horror film series whose villain, Freddy Krueger, attacks teenagers in their dreams.
How players did
Across 1,919 plays, 22% got the whole answer in one guess, 6% solved it without a miss, 9% got there after at least one wrong guess, 18% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 45% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on March 23, 2024, December 30, 2024, March 23, 2025, December 30, 2025 and March 23, 2026.