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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
CITY
COPY
CULTURE
DONE
EXPLOIT
HEYDAY
HIJINKS
LEVERAGE
MILK
OVER
SPORTS
SUPPER
THROUGH
UP
USE
YOGURT
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OFStraightforward
FINISHED, AS TIMEModerate
NEWSPAPER DESKSTricky
WORDS BEGINNING WITH GREETINGSDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OFStraightforward
WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF SOMETHING, PERHAPS TOO MUCH+ 3 more…
FINISHED, AS TIMEModerate
WAYS TO SAY TIME HAS RUN OUT+ 3 more…
NEWSPAPER DESKSTricky
SECTIONS YOU MIGHT FIND IN A DAILY NEWSPAPER+ 3 more…
WORDS BEGINNING WITH GREETINGSDevious
EACH WORD SECRETLY STARTS WITH A HELLO+ 3 more…
Full solution
TAKE ADVANTAGE OFStraightforward
EXPLOIT,LEVERAGE,MILK,USE
EXPLOIT, LEVERAGE, MILK, and USE all mean to take advantage of something or someone for one's own benefit.
FINISHED, AS TIMEModerate
DONE,OVER,THROUGH,UP
DONE, OVER, THROUGH, and UP can all follow 'time is' or describe time that has elapsed and ended.
NEWSPAPER DESKSTricky
CITY,COPY,CULTURE,SPORTS
CITY, COPY, CULTURE, and SPORTS are all types of desks found in a traditional newspaper newsroom.
WORDS BEGINNING WITH GREETINGSDevious
HEYDAY,HIJINKS,SUPPER,YOGURT
Each word begins with a greeting: HEY-day, HI-jinks, SUP-per, YO-gurt — HEY, HI, SUP, and YO are all informal greetings.