Issue #1167 Mon 1 Jun
Connections hints — June 1, 2026
A steady, methodical grid today. You will find that some sections offer immediate clarity while others require a bit more patient consideration.
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Yellow group
Where the lawnmower lives, where the mail piles up, where the kids hide.
Architecture and home construction
Items sharing one feature
Members are 4–7 letters; first letters C, D, W.
ROOM FEATURES
One is CEILING.
CEILING · DOOR · WALL · WINDOW
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Green group
Whatever you set the night before is what gets you up — for better or worse.
Domestic leisure
Items sharing one feature
Members are 4–9 letters; first letters N, P, R, S.
OLD-TIMEY LOUNGING ACCESSORIES
One is NEWSPAPER.
NEWSPAPER · PIPE · ROBE · SLIPPERS
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Blue group
You take the same route home and a single door is open that's never open.
Literary canon
Examples of one named set
Members are 3–9 letters; first letters C, M, S, T.
SUBJECTS IN TENNESSEE WILLIAMS TITLES
One is STREETCAR.
STREETCAR · CAT · MENAGERIE · TATTOO
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Violet group
Something you'd do to a pair of shoes before a job interview.
Wordplay group
Each fills the same blank
Members are 3–7 letters; first letters K, O, T, W.
___ RING
One is KEY.
KEY · ONION · TREE · WEDDING