Issue #1166 Thu 28 May
Connections hints — May 28, 2026
Today's grid requires a bit of patience to navigate. Keep a clear head as the connections reveal themselves one by one.
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Yellow group
You take the same route home and a single door is open that's never open.
Physical movements
Verb synonyms
Members are 4–5 letters; first letters D, H, S.
GET LOW
One is DUCK.
DUCK · HUNCH · SQUAT · STOOP
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Green group
Whatever you set the night before is what gets you up — for better or worse.
Journalistic entities
Synonyms
Members are 4–6 letters; first letters M, N, P.
FOURTH ESTATE
One is MEDIA.
MEDIA · NEWS · PAPERS · PRESS
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Blue group
Something you'd do to a pair of shoes before a job interview.
Legal environment
Synonyms
Members are 3–6 letters; first letters B, P, S.
PARTS OF A COURTROOM
One is BAR.
BAR · BENCH · PODIUM · STAND
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Violet group
Look at a rooster. Look closely.
Winter sports vocabulary
Each fills the same blank
Members are 4–5 letters; first letters J, L, S.
SKI ___
One is JUMP.
JUMP · LIFT · LODGE · SLOPE