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Today's grid opens with the most food-forward set: BLUE CHEESE, CAESAR, GREEN GODDESS, and RANCH are creamy salad dressings. COURT, ENTOURAGE, RETINUE, and SUITE all describe attendants or people around someone important. BLACK SWAN, BLUE MOON, PERFECT STORM, and UNICORN are idioms for rare things. The purple group is the lateral one: BASKETBALL, EARRINGS, RED TAPE, and RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS GEAR are all things "hoops" might refer to.
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| Date | Puzzle | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Jun 16, 2026 | 1101 | Creamy salad dressings / attendants / rare things idiomatically / meanings of hoops |
| Mon, Jun 15, 2026 | 1100 | Staying power / night-out prep / Chinese zodiac animals / flowers |
| Sun, Jun 14, 2026 | 1099 | Slapstick props / things that spin / Wonderland features / MA meanings |
The main trap is BLUE CHEESE and BLUE MOON sharing a color word. Once the dressings are separated from the rare-event idioms, the remaining entries leave a clean split between attendants and the broader "hoops" meanings.
The groups are creamy salad dressings, attendants, rare things idiomatically, and what "hoops" might refer to.
The "hoops" category is likely the hardest because it uses a broad wordplay clue rather than one narrow subject.
The salad dressing answers are BLUE CHEESE, CAESAR, GREEN GODDESS, and RANCH.
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