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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BROAD BEAN
CAN OPENER
DIET SPRITE
ELBOW GREASE
FAT CATS
GETTY IMAGES
HEAD WAITER
JOHN DENVER
LINDA HAMILTON
MERV GRIFFIN
MET HALFWAY
NY GIANT
RIVER PHOENIX
SOMETHING WICKED
W.C. FIELDS
WHITNEY HOUSTON
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
STARTING WITH TERMS FOR "TOILET"Straightforward
ENDING IN MUSICALSModerate
STARTING WITH U.S. MUSEUMSTricky
ENDING IN FANTASY CREATURESDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
STARTING WITH TERMS FOR "TOILET"Straightforward
EACH PHRASE BEGINS WITH A SLANG WORD FOR THE BATHROOM+ 3 more…
ENDING IN MUSICALSModerate
THE LAST WORD OF EACH PHRASE IS THE NAME OF A FAMOUS MUSICAL+ 3 more…
STARTING WITH U.S. MUSEUMSTricky
EACH PHRASE OPENS WITH THE NAME OF A NOTABLE U.S. ART MUSEUM+ 3 more…
ENDING IN FANTASY CREATURESDevious
EACH PHRASE ENDS WITH A CREATURE FROM MYTH OR FANTASY+ 3 more…
Full solution
STARTING WITH TERMS FOR "TOILET"Straightforward
CAN OPENER,HEAD WAITER,JOHN DENVER,W.C. FIELDS
CAN opener (can), HEAD waiter (head), JOHN Denver (john), W.C. Fields (W.C.) — each starts with a common euphemism for toilet.
ENDING IN MUSICALSModerate
ELBOW GREASE,FAT CATS,LINDA HAMILTON,SOMETHING WICKED
Elbow GREASE, Fat CATS, Linda HAMILTON, Something WICKED — each ends with the title of a well-known Broadway musical (Grease, Cats, Hamilton, Wicked).
STARTING WITH U.S. MUSEUMSTricky
BROAD BEAN,GETTY IMAGES,MET HALFWAY,WHITNEY HOUSTON
BROAD bean (the Broad), GETTY images (the Getty), MET halfway (the Met), WHITNEY Houston (the Whitney) — each begins with a famous U.S. museum name.
ENDING IN FANTASY CREATURESDevious
DIET SPRITE,MERV GRIFFIN,NY GIANT,RIVER PHOENIX
Diet SPRITE (sprite), Merv GRIFFIN (griffin), NY GIANT (giant), River PHOENIX (phoenix) — each ends with a mythical or fantasy creature.