Doubled for Sunday, May 19, 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 7, 5, 3, 4, 5 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with T.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 4 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Loyalty in good times and bad, then a pizza with a cracker-like base.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Through Thick And Crust Pizza
Through thick and thin and Thin crust pizza, joined on Thin.
Through thick and thin
Through thick and thin means through good times and bad; a friend who stays with you through thick and thin stays whatever happens.
Thin crust pizza
Thin-crust pizza has a thin, crisp base, as opposed to deep-dish or thick-crust styles.
How players did
Across 1,569 plays, 18% got the whole answer in one guess, 6% solved it without a miss, 14% got there after at least one wrong guess, 40% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 23% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on May 19, 2024, May 19, 2025 and May 19, 2026.