Doubled for Thursday, October 3, 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, 5, 2, 3, 3 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 letters and starts with P.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 5 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A success that doesn't last, then a breakfast stack with syrup.
The answer
Stuck, or want to check? Opening this reveals the whole answer.
Reveal the answer
A Flash In The Cake
A flash in the pan and Pancake, joined on Pan.
A flash in the pan
A flash in the pan is a brief success that leads to nothing more, like a spark that fails to fire a musket.
Pancake
A pancake is the flat, round cake fried in a pan, served in a stack with syrup for breakfast.
How players did
Across 1,107 plays, 58% got the whole answer in one guess, 13% solved it without a miss, 13% got there after at least one wrong guess, 10% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 6% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on October 3, 2024 and October 3, 2025.