I agree this one is a stretch. I decided the stripy things were meant to be ties but I couldn't see a well known phrase. I know what a tie is and I know what a score is but I've never heard the expression "tie or tied score". We'd just say "tie" or "draw" for equal scores. The word score would be redundant. Is "tied score" a common expression in the US? Thanks, Jasdip, for posting these.

Same here - my thought was 'early rising'. Stumped again, darn it 😄 Keep 'em coming anyway, Jasdip - it's a fun diversion 🙂

I’ll agree this is an easy one if / when my answer is deemed correct. I’ve been sucked into thinking “of course, what else could it be?“ and then found it was indeed something else! 😁

I got "he's not in there". I'd be unlikely to say "he's out of there" so that one didn't occur to me.