Connections #1036 Answers
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1036 for Sunday, April 12, 2026. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): pants features
- Green: perspective
- Blue: emit
- Purple (hardest): ___ doll
Answers
PANTS FEATURES
BELT LOOP, CUFF, FLY, POCKET
PERSPECTIVE
ANGLE, POSITION, STANCE, TAKE
EMIT
CAST, PROJECT, RADIATE, SHED
___ DOLL
PAPER, RAG, RUSSIAN, TROLL
Previous Connections answers
- #1035 — found in the trunk of a car, benefactor, structural supports, ending in bodies of water
- #1034 — peppers, things that pop up, descriptors for swiss cheese, blue characters
- #1033 — gloomy, ointment, zodiac symbols, muscular, minus "ed" sound
- #1032 — cohort member, aesthetic, kinds of bar apparatuses, eyewear in the singular
- #1031 — competition, on board, words for unspecified choices, ___life
- #1030 — events with dancing, interest, components of whac-a-mole, musicals with last letter changed
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