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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
ADVANTAGE
CABOOSE
CAN
CHESS
COLONEL
DEUCE
FORTY
HONEY
HOT
LOVE
MOON
PEACH
PECAN
PUMPKIN
SHOOFLY
YELLOW
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
KINDS OF PIESStraightforward
THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH BUTTSModerate
TENNIS SCORING TERMSTricky
___ MUSTARDDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
KINDS OF PIESStraightforward
THESE ALL BELONG IN A PIE DISH AT THANKSGIVING OR A SOUTHERN KITCHEN+ 3 more…
THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH BUTTSModerate
SLANG OR PLAYFUL WORDS FOR THE BACKSIDE — OR THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE ONE+ 3 more…
TENNIS SCORING TERMSTricky
YOU'D HEAR THESE CALLED OUT ON A WIMBLEDON COURT+ 3 more…
___ MUSTARDDevious
EACH OF THESE CAN PRECEDE 'MUSTARD' TO MAKE A FAMILIAR PHRASE OR NAME+ 3 more…
Full solution
KINDS OF PIESStraightforward
CHESS,PECAN,PUMPKIN,SHOOFLY
Chess, pecan, pumpkin, and shoofly are all classic pie varieties
THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH BUTTSModerate
CABOOSE,CAN,MOON,PEACH
Caboose, can, moon, and peach are all informal or visual references to buttocks
TENNIS SCORING TERMSTricky
ADVANTAGE,DEUCE,FORTY,LOVE
Advantage, deuce, forty, and love are all terms used in tennis scoring
___ MUSTARDDevious
COLONEL,HONEY,HOT,YELLOW
Colonel, honey, hot, and yellow can all precede 'mustard' — Colonel Mustard (Clue), honey mustard, hot mustard, yellow mustard