BACK TO BACK PHRASES

GAMES Magazine

February, 1992

Robert Leighton

 

Each of the clues below leads to an answer of three words where the first and last words are the same. For example, to fly a plane in a vertical circle would be LOOP THE LOOP.

 

1. What one might say after returning from a long vacation

 

2. Command to Dick and Jane's dog

 

3. Continue to wish, despite a bleak situation

 

4. Very competitive, as a business environment

 

5. Regular Mad magazine feature

 

6. Shakespearean comedy

 

Answers:

 

1. HOME SWEET HOME

2. "RUN, SPOT, RUN!"

3. HOPE AGAINST HOPE

4. DOG EAT DOG

5. "Spy vs. Spy" 

6. Measure for Measure