Doubled for Thursday, April 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 6 words long, with 5, 3, 5, 4, 4 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with M.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 4 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Doing more than was asked, then a euphemism for what some passengers get up to in the lavatory.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Going The Extra High Club
Going the extra mile and Mile high club, joined on Mile.
Going the extra mile
Going the extra mile is making more effort than is expected or required.
Mile high club
The mile high club is the jokey name for people who have had sex on an aeroplane in flight.
How players did
Across 1,596 plays, 28% got the whole answer in one guess, 16% solved it without a miss, 10% got there after at least one wrong guess, 28% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 18% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on April 25, 2024, April 25, 2025 and April 25, 2026.