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The clue is “the band that makes a miss into a hit?”

The answer is obviously “ wedding ring”

What I don’t get is the reference to “hit “ ?

"Wedding Ring' is the title of a couple of songs, one of which made it to number 6 in the charts (so 'a hit' perhaps?). That was a while ago, but maybe the puzzle is also an old one.

PS This could be nonsense, but it's all I can come up with.

I have renamed this thread Parsing Help Please, a separate general parsing thread has recently been discussed in the Listener thread so here it is.

In case there are multiple queries and to save confusion, I would suggest that you start any replies with the name of the person to whom you are responding.

Hi Norah. sorry I am new to this.

Could you clarify how I should have put my question for future
Reference ?

Thanks for a great resource

Rog62, this is a general parsing thread for any odd parsing query you have, exactly as you posted above, there’s no need to name the source of the query.

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I agree with Malone that "hit" could mean a pop song, but wouldn't a song called "Married Woman" or something similar fit the clue better? According to Press Reader, this clue appeared in the Derby Telegraph in February 2020, so perhaps we're looking for a song that was popular then. Pop is not my field of expertise!