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Today’s grid feels light. The topic hits fast once you spot the angle. The letters, however they want to be difficult to unscramble. If your brain is fried from work, keep reading. We did the legwork.
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Speaking of hard puzzles. Connections recently turned one year old. Some days are brutal. Like when they serve you slang from a decade you weren’t alive for. But today is easier.
The theme is simple: Men in tights.
Doesn’t click yet? Think about wealth redistribution. Steal from the rich give to the poor. Yeah that guy.
If the grid looks like nonsense use this trick. Find any three words with four or more letters. The game cracks open one of the actual theme words as a reward. Don’t force it. Just find stuff like DOOR, HOOD, or FIRE. You could also try HIRE, REST, or SIRE. Maybe DIGS. The point is to trigger the hint. Once you get those freebies the rest falls into place.
Here are the hidden answers tied to the outlaw motif. You need every single one to fill the board. No loose ends.
- FRIAR
- FOREST
- OUTLAW
- ARCHERY
- SHERIFF
- DISGUISE
Then there is the spangram. The big one stretching across the whole grid.
It is ROBINHOOD.
Start with the R on the far left. It is four letters down from the top. Wind right. Go up. You’ll see it.
Think today was rough? Try dated slang. That puzzle wrecked people who weren’t living in the 90s. PHAT was a wall to climb. Or marine biology. Finding BALEEN or RIGHT felt impossible if you haven’t seen Moby Dick in decades.
Some themes stick. Some vanish. The grid waits for your move.
What are you solving first?
