Doubled for Saturday, November 9, 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 3 words long, with 5, 7 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 7 letters and starts with D.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Getting behind the wheel after too many, then where golfers hit bucketloads of balls.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Drunk Range
Drunk driving and Driving range, joined on Driving.
Drunk driving
Drunk driving is driving a vehicle while over the alcohol limit.
Driving range
A driving range is the practice ground where golfers hit buckets of balls into an open field.
How players did
Across 804 plays, 34% got the whole answer in one guess, 8% solved it without a miss, 9% got there after at least one wrong guess, 38% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 11% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on November 9, 2024 and November 9, 2025.