Doubled for Monday, March 25, 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 7, 3 and 7 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 letters and starts with J.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A motorway standstill, then musicians improvising together.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Traffic Session
Traffic jam and Jam session, joined on Jam.
Traffic jam
A traffic jam is a line of vehicles stuck on a road, barely moving.
Jam session
A jam session is an informal get-together at which musicians improvise and play together without a set programme.
How players did
Across 5,390 plays, 61% got the whole answer in one guess, 12% solved it without a miss, 13% got there after at least one wrong guess, 5% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 9% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on March 25, 2024, March 25, 2025 and March 25, 2026.