Doubled for Tuesday, December 10, 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 4, 4 and 3 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with C.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A farmer's money-maker, then a shirt that stops above the waist.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Cash Top
Cash crop and Crop top, joined on Crop.
Cash crop
A cash crop is a crop grown to sell for profit rather than to feed the farm, such as cotton or tobacco.
Crop top
A crop top is a short shirt that ends above the waist, leaving the midriff bare.
How players did
Across 852 plays, 23% got the whole answer in one guess, 14% solved it without a miss, 15% got there after at least one wrong guess, 35% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 14% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on December 10, 2024 and December 10, 2025.