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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BURROW
DEN
EASY
GIMME
JFK
LAX
LODGE
LOOSE
MIA
NIXON
PLATOON
QUEEN
SLACK
TROUPER
WALL STREET
WARREN
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
LENIENTStraightforward
ANIMAL HOMESModerate
OLIVER STONE MOVIESTricky
SECOND WORDS IN TITLES OF ABBA HITSDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
LENIENTStraightforward
WORDS MEANING NOT STRICT OR NOT TIGHT+ 3 more…
ANIMAL HOMESModerate
PLACES WILD CREATURES CALL HOME+ 3 more…
OLIVER STONE MOVIESTricky
FILMS DIRECTED BY THE SAME CONTROVERSIAL HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR+ 3 more…
SECOND WORDS IN TITLES OF ABBA HITSDevious
COMPLETE AN ABBA SONG TITLE BY ADDING 'SUPER' BEFORE EACH WORD+ 3 more…
Full solution
LENIENTStraightforward
EASY,LAX,LOOSE,SLACK
EASY, LAX, LOOSE, and SLACK all mean lenient or not strict/tense
ANIMAL HOMESModerate
BURROW,DEN,LODGE,WARREN
BURROW, DEN, LODGE, and WARREN are all dwellings or shelters used by animals
OLIVER STONE MOVIESTricky
JFK,NIXON,PLATOON,WALL STREET
JFK, NIXON, PLATOON, and WALL STREET are all movies directed by Oliver Stone
SECOND WORDS IN TITLES OF ABBA HITSDevious
GIMME,MIA,QUEEN,TROUPER
GIMME (Super Trouper... wait — Super Trouper, Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, Super Trouper) — these are the second words in ABBA hits: Super TROUPER, Mamma MIA, Dancing QUEEN, Super GIMME... actually: GIMME=Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!, MIA=Mamma Mia, QUEEN=Dancing Queen, TROUPER=Super Trouper