One person lists three words that all form common two-word phrases or compound words with the same word:
Examples:
Q: hot, head, cent
A: Red
Explanation: red-hot, redhead, red cent (note that a hyphenated word, a compound word, and a two word phrase can all be part of the answer)
Q: pot, red, talking
A: Head
E: pothead, redhead, talking head (Note that the “common” word can be first or last)
Q: thumb, putting, peace
A: Green
E: green thumb, putting green, Greenpeace (Note that the “common” word can start some pairs and end other pairs in the same trio. Proper nouns/names are fine e.g. Greenpeace)
When you guess an answer to a trio, you should use you own judgment about going ahead and posting the next trio. If you are confident, go ahead. (Sometimes trios have more than one solution - any that results in 3 common phrases should be accepted) Sometimes though, you’ll be confident that your answer works for 2 of the words, but think the 3rd one is iffy - just post your answer and await clarification from the person who listed the trio before posting the next puzzle.
James Darren played Moondoggie in the film Gidget. The character’s name (actually nickname) was inspired by disk jockey Alan “the Father of Rock and Roll” Freed, who called himself “The Moondog” or “King of the Moondoggers” after his show’s theme song, Moondog Symphony.
ETA: I just thought of “master” for the last puzzle – mastermind, masterpiece, quartermaster.
