Can you name the phrases missing the same three-letter sequence twice?

created by Tahnan

Enter a phrase or trigram in the box below
Correctly named trigrams will show up below
Click any empty Phrase or Answer to answer for that location
Each phrase has a three-letter sequence appearing twice that has been replaced with a circled 3. For example, CLAS③AL MU③ would be CLASSICAL MUSIC. Beware: some ③s span word breaks!
Either the entire phrase ("classical music") or the missing three letters ("sic") can be entered.
Also try: Two Missing Triples

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Phrase	Answer	Clue
W③ SID③ORY		''America'' and ''Maria'' musical
BO③Y H③ER		Boba Fett, Milo Boyd, or Dog
D③Y M③		British tabloid
GAR③ OF E③		Cherubim defend it, per Genesis 3:24
F③ W③H		City 35 miles west of Dallas
SO③ F③E		Explosion on the sun
AT③③		Fission-based weapon of mass destruction
③PLE ③ON		He met a pieman going to the fair
DIR③ OBJ③		It follows a transitive verb
PO③GE ③MP		It goes in the upper right of an envelope
LO③ ③L		It has no extra charge, on a phone
TROP③F CAPR③RN		It's at 23.5 degrees south
③ MISERAB③		Jean Valjean's musical
G③LT③SH		Jewish dish made of ground carp
ICH B③IN BERL③R		John F. Kennedy assertion

Phrase	Answer	Clue
M③IAL ③S		Karate, judo, capoeiro, etc.
GON③TH TH③ND		Margaret Mitchell novel
POL③ OFF③R		Member of ''the city's finest''
ST③ MAN③R		Narrator of ''Our Town''
CO③ ③SION		New recording of a song
THE SCAR③ ③TER		Novel in which Hester Prynne wears a red ''A''
C③GE ③DS		Pass from one owner to another
ST③O A③ENCE		People attending a TV show filming
S③E ③T		Replacement piece kept as a backup
SANTA ③③A		California setting for an '80s soap opera
THE H③YMO③RS		Sitcom about Ralph and Alice Kramden
SE③TH HEA③		State of extreme joy
S③KE I③CH		Suddenly come into wealth
THE IN③PRE③		Thriller starring Nicole Kidman as a translator
③OW THE ③T		Unfair (like a punch!)

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Two Missing Triples: Phrases Edition Quiz

by Tahnan

Created Aug 30, 2010 in Language
Featured Nov 30, 2011
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	ostroffj:	Nov 30th, 2011 at 15:15 GMT	54 points
	Ex③site ③z!

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	ivyagogo:	Nov 30th, 2011 at 16:54 GMT	6 points
	That was a really fun quiz! I was in seventh heaven!

	Tony_A:	Nov 30th, 2011 at 17:10 GMT	4 points
	Took me a bit to get traction, but once I did, it was smooth sailing.

	rpmoran95:	Nov 30th, 2011 at 17:57 GMT	1 point
	i almost wanted to type out Les Misérables

	Pogues:	Nov 30th, 2011 at 18:16 GMT	6 points
	I was momentarily confused when Scarlet Otter popped into my head.

	myitbos:	Nov 30th, 2011 at 19:08 GMT	3 points
	"I am a jelly doughnut"

	scrappledog:	Nov 30th, 2011 at 19:09 GMT	-4 points
	pretty easy.

	eddie_felson:	Nov 30th, 2011 at 20:32 GMT	10 points
	Can this be opened up to be able to answer without selecting each clue? I like to bounce around while I answer, and the chances of random guessing for an answer is small (30/26^3)?

	tabbyclaw:	Nov 30th, 2011 at 20:46 GMT	11 points
	There's no need for this to be forced-order.

	Oddish:	Nov 30th, 2011 at 21:02 GMT	5 points
	How does one go about making this kind of quiz? Even knowing the answer I wouldn't necessarily have thought they shared letters...good work.

	ostroffj:	Nov 30th, 2011 at 23:23 GMT	3 points
	@eddie_felson and @tabbyclaw: That's not entirely true. If you didn't have to click the box, somebody writing the answer to ST③ MAN③R the long way would accidentally solve PO③GE ③MP if they hadn't gotten to it yet. But I think that's the only example, and probably unlikely (since they come up in the opposite order, and ST③ MAN③R is much harder than PO③GE ③MP anyway).

	ArtFever:	Nov 30th, 2011 at 23:34 GMT	-3 points
	ostroffj: How do you confuse AGE with STA?

	ostroffj:	Dec 1st, 2011 at 00:02 GMT	2 points
	@ArtFever: I didn't want to give too much of a spoiler, but what are the first three letters of "stage manager"? Keep in mind that's one way to input the answers.

	ArtFever:	Dec 1st, 2011 at 00:12 GMT	3 points
	Oh, sorry. I didn't notice you were able to enter the whole phrase.

	kagomeshuko:	Dec 1st, 2011 at 00:17 GMT	1 point
	The "cover version" clue is a bad one, 'cause it doesn' t say a new recording of an old song by another band,. That's what it is.

	Colmar:	Dec 1st, 2011 at 02:32 GMT	3 points
	Direct Object looked a lot like Dirty Jobs at first.

	abraves10001:	Dec 1st, 2011 at 13:07 GMT	2 points
	I think this is my new favorite format of quiz, somebody should make a geography related one!

	Stran:	Dec 2nd, 2011 at 10:43 GMT	1 point
	Excellent quiz - well done! More like this, please :-)

	freaky69az:	Dec 3rd, 2011 at 05:37 GMT	5 points
	For the Our Town clue, I thought it would be a proper name. Steve Manever? Stella Manellar? Stacy Manacyr? AAARGH!

	SuperJen:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 13:12 GMT	-1 points
	The atom bomb clue needs some work, I've never heard of an "atom om" but maybe that's just me

	Tom_Tildrum:	Dec 7th, 2011 at 19:08 GMT	1 point
	I initially read gefilte fish as "ground crap."

	DevinKelsey:	May 6th, 2012 at 06:57 GMT	1 point
	@SuperJen - The symbol in the "atom bomb" clue represents "omb" So at(omb)(omb) = atom bomb