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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
A CAPPELLA
A DEAL
A FEW
A LIFE
A NOVEL
A ROSE
BARBERSHOP
CERTAIN
DOO-WOP
ENOUGH
ESSAYS
LOVE
MADRIGAL
PART ONE
SOME
VARIOUS
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
VOCAL MUSICStraightforward
A HANDFUL OFModerate
BOOK SUBTITLESTricky
___ IS ___ (IS ___)Devious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
VOCAL MUSICStraightforward
SINGING STYLES THAT DON'T RELY ON INSTRUMENTS+ 3 more…
A HANDFUL OFModerate
WORDS MEANING 'NOT MANY BUT MORE THAN ONE'+ 3 more…
BOOK SUBTITLESTricky
COMMON WORDS THAT FOLLOW A FAMOUS BOOK'S TITLE+ 3 more…
___ IS ___ (IS ___)Devious
PHRASES COMPLETED BY REPEATING THE SAME WORD: '___ IS ___'+ 3 more…
Full solution
VOCAL MUSICStraightforward
A CAPPELLA,BARBERSHOP,DOO-WOP,MADRIGAL
A cappella, barbershop, doo-wop, and madrigal are all styles of vocal music performed without instrumental accompaniment (or with voices as the primary focus).
A HANDFUL OFModerate
A FEW,CERTAIN,SOME,VARIOUS
A few, certain, some, and various all function as indefinite quantifiers meaning a small or unspecified number of things.
BOOK SUBTITLESTricky
A LIFE,A NOVEL,ESSAYS,PART ONE
A Life, A Novel, Essays, and Part One are all common subtitles found on books, used to describe or categorize the work.
___ IS ___ (IS ___)Devious
A DEAL,A ROSE,ENOUGH,LOVE
Each word completes a famous tautological phrase: 'A deal is a deal,' 'A rose is a rose,' 'Enough is enough,' and 'Love is love (is love).'