Doubled for Sunday, September 22, 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 4 words long, with 8, 5, 2 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with S.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A child's first business on the sidewalk, then jokes told into a microphone.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Lemonade -Up Comedy
Lemonade stand and Stand-up comedy, joined on Stand.
Lemonade stand
A lemonade stand is the child's roadside table selling cups of lemonade to passers-by, the classic first business.
Stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy is a comedian performing alone to an audience with a microphone.
How players did
Across 1,688 plays, 52% got the whole answer in one guess, 7% solved it without a miss, 17% got there after at least one wrong guess, 16% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 9% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on September 22, 2024, February 14, 2025, September 22, 2025 and February 14, 2026.