Doubled for Sunday, April 7, 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 7 words long, with 2, 4, 2, 3, 7, 4 and 7 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 letters and starts with N.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 4 words, the second is 4, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Something repaired so well it looks untouched, then a creamy white soup from the American north-east.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
As Good As England Clam Chowder
As good as new and New england clam chowder, joined on New.
As good as new
As good as new describes something that has been repaired, cleaned or restored so well that it might never have been used.
New england clam chowder
New England clam chowder is the thick, creamy white soup of clams, potato and onion, as opposed to the tomato-based Manhattan version.
How players did
Across 1,489 plays, 8% got the whole answer in one guess, 7% solved it without a miss, 13% got there after at least one wrong guess, 22% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 50% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on April 7, 2024, April 7, 2025 and April 7, 2026.