Doubled for Saturday, April 13, 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 5, 5 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with S.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A newspaper's daily panels, then a venue with a stage, a pole and a cover charge.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Comic Club
Comic strip and Strip club, joined on Strip.
Comic strip
A comic strip is a short sequence of drawn panels telling a joke or story, the kind printed daily in newspapers.
Strip club
A strip club is a venue where dancers perform striptease for paying customers.
How players did
Across 1,529 plays, 13% got the whole answer in one guess, 11% solved it without a miss, 27% got there after at least one wrong guess, 19% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 30% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on April 13, 2024, April 13, 2025 and April 13, 2026.