Doubled for Sunday, July 21, 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 1, 3, 2, 3, 5 and 7 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with C.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 5 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A clergyman, then the reusable kind of nappy.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
A Man Of The Diapers
A man of the cloth and Cloth diapers, joined on Cloth.
A man of the cloth
A man of the cloth is a clergyman, a priest or minister.
Cloth diapers
Cloth diapers are reusable fabric nappies, washed and used again rather than thrown away.
How players did
Across 1,074 plays, 19% got the whole answer in one guess, 12% solved it without a miss, 20% got there after at least one wrong guess, 37% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 12% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on July 21, 2024, July 21, 2025 and July 21, 2026.