Doubled for Sunday, August 18, 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, 3, 11, 2, 3 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 11 letters and starts with C.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 3 words, the second is 4, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Angling for praise, then the message a waiter carries to the kitchen.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Fishing For To The Chef
Fishing for compliments and Compliments to the chef, joined on Compliments.
Fishing for compliments
Fishing for compliments is trying to get people to praise you, usually by running yourself down.
Compliments to the chef
'Compliments to the chef' is the message a satisfied diner sends to the kitchen.
How players did
Across 1,157 plays, 26% got the whole answer in one guess, 9% solved it without a miss, 30% got there after at least one wrong guess, 27% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 8% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on August 18, 2024, August 18, 2025 and August 18, 2026.