Connections #1070 Answers
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1070 for Saturday, May 16, 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): glassware
- Green: mess around (with)
- Blue: music performance directions
- Purple (hardest): ending in synonyms for "asap"
Answers
GLASSWARE
COUPE, FLUTE, STEIN, TUMBLER
MESS AROUND (WITH)
FIDDLE, MESS, PLAY, TINKER
MUSIC PERFORMANCE DIRECTIONS
ALLEGRO, FORTE, LARGO, PIANO
ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR "ASAP"
BASSOON, BELFAST, NESQUICK, THERMOSTAT
Previous Connections answers
- #1069 — navigate through, as a river, multi-time nba mvps, non-palindromic words in a famous palindrome, homophones of kinds of dogs, familiarly
- #1068 — premonition, cellphone modes, bad things to do in modern dating, phrases whose second words include their first word
- #1067 — long sandwich, pretext, smartphone photo editing options, jelly ___
- #1066 — substantial book, "saint" cities, "long" things, currencies plus a letter
- #1065 — move stealthily, with "in", kinds of schemes, detective movies, body parts surrounded by two letters
- #1064 — music player buttons, destined, verbs in making a mojito, what "spring" might refer to
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