| What connects these names: Al Green, Betty White, Rose Byrne |
New York Times Mini |
21 Apr 2026 |
| "___ Me America," 2003 song by Dolly Parton about the US |
|
|
| Indicator of difficulty in Connections |
New York Times Mini |
17 Feb 2026 |
| Sportscast commentary |
Newsday |
05 Feb 2026 |
| Red or green |
Commuter |
29 Jan 2026 |
| One may clash with another, in fashion |
Universal |
03 Jan 2026 |
| See 4-Across |
The Washington Post Mini |
02 Jan 2026 |
| Create art with crayons |
LA Times Mini |
15 Nov 2025 |
| Use crayons, e.g. |
New York Times Mini |
12 Oct 2025 |
| Use crayons |
LA Times Daily |
10 Oct 2025 |
| What each letter in Roy G. Biv represents |
New York Times |
15 Sep 2025 |
| Blush or rose |
New York Times |
09 Sep 2025 |
| Use a Magic Marker |
USA Today |
30 Aug 2025 |
| Gold or silver |
Universal |
18 Aug 2025 |
| Cherry or lime |
New York Times |
03 Aug 2025 |
| Oh, it's hue |
|
|
| Wine or eggplant, e.g. |
|
|
| "The ___ Purple"; movie for Oprah |
|
|
| "The - Purple" |
|
|
| Green, brown, or tan |
|
|
| "The ___ Purple"; Whoopi Goldberg film |
|
|
| Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, or violet |
|
|
| Red, white or blue, e.g. (5) |
|
|
| Crayola's "Unmellow Yellow" or "Mauvelous" |
|
|
| Red, yellow or green |
Universal |
26 Mar 2025 |
| One on artist's wheel |
|
|
| Crayola's macaroni and cheese, e.g. (US) |
|
|
| Red or green |
Commuter |
18 Jan 2025 |
| Red or green |
Commuter |
17 Jan 2025 |
| Tom Cruise's "The ___ of Money" |
|
|
| Whoopi Goldberg movie, The ___-- Purple (5) |
|
|
| With 1-Down, having shades of differentiation |
|
|
| Hue |
Commuter |
17 Dec 2024 |
| Hue |
Commuter |
10 Dec 2024 |
| Orange is one, but banana is not (American spelling) |
|
|
| Red, green or blue (in the US) |
|
|
| Blue or yellow |
Commuter |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Draw with crayons |
Newsday |
28 Oct 2024 |
| "The ___ Purple" (film title of 1985 and 2023) |
|
|
| Sherwin-Williams selection |
|
|
| Hue |
Commuter |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Any part of ROYGBIV |
|
|
| Red, white or blue |
Universal |
05 Oct 2024 |
| Yellow or blue |
|
|
| One of seven in a rainbow |
|
|
| Use crayons, say |
|
|
| Yellow, orange, or brown |
|
|
| Crayon choice |
New York Times |
03 Sep 2024 |
| Crayola concern |
|
|
| Draw with crayons |
Newsday |
03 Jul 2024 |
| Use crayons |
Newsday |
28 Jun 2024 |
| Use a crayon |
Commuter |
08 Jun 2024 |
| Lime green or peach |
Universal |
03 Jun 2024 |
| Cream or apricot |
|
|
| Spectrum band |
Newsday |
23 May 2024 |
| The ___ Purple (2023 movie based on a 2005 musical based on a 1982 novel) |
|
|
| *Shade or hue... and the theme connecting the bands you'll find at 22a, 39a, 47a, 38d, and 46d |
|
|
| Red, green or blue |
Universal |
04 Apr 2024 |
| Thing cued in the game Hues and Cues |
|
|
| "In Living ___" |
TV |
24 Mar 2024 |
| "In Living _ _ _" |
|
|
| The ___-- Purple, 1986 Whoopi Goldberg film (5) |
|
|
| Amber or umber, e.g. |
|
|
| What humans can see that whales and sharks cannot |
New York Times Mini |
19 Feb 2024 |
| 1986 Whoopi Goldberg film, The ___-- Purple (5) |
|
|
| Blue, pink, or white |
|
|
| The ___ Purple, novel by Alice Walker |
|
|
| Use crayons |
Newsday |
03 Jan 2024 |
| Shade |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Dec 2023 |
| "The ___ Purple" (2023 movie musical co-produced by Oprah Winfrey, who co-starred in the 1986 original) |
|
|
| ___ Me Badd ("All 4 Love" band) |
|
|
| Pigment or hue, and a hint for the theme words at 43a, 58a, and 42d |
|
|
| Shade |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Oct 2023 |
| Crayola's macaroni and cheese, e.g |
Universal |
28 Sep 2023 |
| Peach or orange |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Sep 2023 |
| Palette option |
Premier Sunday |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Blue or burgundy |
Universal |
09 Jun 2023 |
| Pink or periwinkle |
Universal |
05 Jun 2023 |
| Red, white or blue |
USA Today |
05 Jun 2023 |
| Use a crayon |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2023 |
| Use crayons |
New York Times |
07 May 2023 |
| Salmon, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
25 Mar 2023 |
| Feature of some '50s TVs |
Universal |
25 Mar 2023 |
| Purple or blue, for one |
|
|
| 'The ___ Purple' |
USA Today |
24 Feb 2023 |
| Hue |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Feb 2023 |
| Shade |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jan 2023 |
| Shade |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Jan 2023 |
| Spectrum portion |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2023 |
| What program notes provide |
Newsday |
05 Nov 2022 |
| Something you might get at the beach |
New York Times |
15 Oct 2022 |
| 2019 sci-fi movie 'Fast ___' |
USA Today |
12 Sep 2022 |
| "The ___ Purple," 1982 epistolary novel by Alice Walker |
|
|
| Blue or pink, e.g |
USA Today |
29 Jul 2022 |
| Sportscast commentary |
Newsday |
24 Jul 2022 |
| "___ Me America," 2003 song by Dolly Parton about the United States |
|
|
| Salmon or lavender |
Universal |
15 Jun 2022 |
| Shade |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Apr 2022 |
| Pantone's Very Peri, for example |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2022 |
| Hue |
Newsday |
15 Mar 2022 |
| Shade |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Nov 2021 |
| Hide the gray, perhaps |
Universal |
22 Oct 2021 |
| "The ___ Purple," Alice Walker's 1982 epistolary novel that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
|
|
| Alice Walker's "The ___ Purple" |
Universal |
14 Jun 2021 |
| Type of wheel or chart |
|
|
| Type of wheel or chart |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Use some crayons |
Universal |
31 May 2021 |
| Shade |
Thomas Joseph |
28 May 2021 |
| Sportscast anecdotes |
Newsday |
27 May 2021 |
| Orange, but not apple |
Universal |
05 May 2021 |
| Purple, e.g |
USA Today |
28 Apr 2021 |
| Use crayons |
USA Today |
08 Mar 2021 |
| Magenta, e.g |
USA Today |
18 Jan 2021 |
| Peach or lime, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Dec 2020 |
| Orange or plum |
New York Times |
22 Nov 2020 |
| Sportscast embellishment |
LA Times Daily |
02 Oct 2020 |
| Sportscast embellishment |
|
|
| ___ commentary |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2020 |
| Use crayons, say |
|
|
| Red, white or blue |
|
|
| Red, white or blue |
LA Times Daily |
06 Apr 2020 |
| Rainbow flag component |
|
|
| Rainbow flag component |
LA Times Daily |
03 Apr 2020 |
| Use crayons |
Newsday |
11 Mar 2020 |
| 'The ___ Purple' |
USA Today |
13 Jan 2020 |
| Hue |
|
|
| Avocado or plum |
|
|
| Avocado or plum |
LA Times Daily |
28 Nov 2019 |
| '50s TV innovation |
LA Times Daily |
03 Nov 2019 |
| '50s TV innovation |
|
|
| Rose or violet |
|
|
| Crayola choice |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2019 |
| Phenomenon sensed by cone cells |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jul 2019 |
| Complement to play-by-play |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jul 2019 |
| Tint |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Jul 2019 |
| Plum or raspberry, e.g |
|
|
| Hue |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Mar 2019 |
| Lemon or lime |
New York Times |
03 Mar 2019 |
| Chocolate, for instance |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2019 |
| Tone |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Jan 2019 |
| Break out the Crayolas |
|
|
| '50s TV innovation |
|
|
| Break out the Crayolas |
Universal |
01 Jan 2019 |
| Phenomenon sensed by cone cells |
|
|
| Crayola choice |
|
|
| Complement to play-by-play |
|
|
| Lemon or lime |
|
|
| "The ___ Purple" |
Universal |
30 Dec 2018 |
| One of Crayola's hundreds |
|
|
| One of Crayola's hundreds |
LA Times Daily |
04 Dec 2018 |
| Shade |
Newsday |
02 Dec 2018 |
| __ scheme |
|
|
| __ scheme |
LA Times Daily |
03 Oct 2018 |
| Décor choice |
|
|
| Décor choice |
LA Times Daily |
18 Sep 2018 |
| Purple or orange |
Family Time |
15 Jul 2018 |
| Decorator's selection |
Universal |
08 Jul 2018 |
| Bird's visual characteristic one may use to spot them while birdwatching |
|
|
| Decorator's choice |
Universal |
08 Jan 2018 |
| Décor choice |
|
|
| Decorator's selection |
|
|
| "The ___ Purple" |
|
|
| Gold, silver or bronze |
|
|
| __ scheme |
|
|
| One of Crayola's hundreds |
|
|
| Decorator's choice |
|
|
| Draw with crayons |
Newsday |
07 Nov 2017 |
| Anecdotal commentary |
Newsday |
02 Nov 2017 |
| This puzzle's fifth wheel, I believe you can hue it |
Universal |
06 Apr 2017 |
| 1951 introduction to TV programming |
USA Today |
30 Mar 2017 |
| American paint left over in centre when finishing early |
|
|
| Palette selection |
USA Today |
29 Jan 2017 |
| 1951 introduction to TV programming |
|
|
| Hue |
Universal |
19 Dec 2016 |
| Opposite of black-and-white |
New York Times |
19 Dec 2016 |
| Play-by-play partner |
|
|
| Amber, for one |
Universal |
18 Oct 2016 |
| With 6-Down, circular diagram of the spectrum |
Premier Sunday |
16 Oct 2016 |
| Skew subtly |
Newsday |
11 Sep 2016 |
| Sportscast analysis |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jun 2016 |
| Use crayons |
LA Times Daily |
26 Apr 2016 |
| Peach, burgundy, or chocolate, e.g |
|
|
| Every crayon has one |
Family Time |
14 Feb 2016 |
| Sportscast analysis |
|
|
| Opposite of black-and-white |
|
|
| Sportscaster's insight |
|
|
| Orange or lime, e.g |
|
|
| With 29-Across, pricier option at a print shop |
New York Times |
05 Sep 2015 |
| This puzzle's theme |
Universal |
14 May 2015 |
| Use a crayon |
Universal |
10 Feb 2015 |
| Lemon or tangerine |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2015 |
| This puzzle's theme |
|
|
| Use crayons |
|
|
| Lemon or tangerine |
|
|
| Sportscaster's insight |
|
|
| With 29-Across, pricier option at a print shop |
|
|
| Pass time waiting for the pediatrician, perhaps |
|
|
| Use a crayon |
|
|
| Kind of guard |
|
|
| See 27-Across |
|
|
| Plum or peach |
|
|
| Blush |
|
|
| Apricot or eggplant |
|
|
| Kind of printer or scheme |
|
|
| Red, white or blue |
|
|
| Some sports commentary |
|
|
| With 39 Across, alternate title for the puzzle |
|
|
| Use crayons |
|
|
| Rose or violet |
|
|
| Misrepresent |
|
|
| What the retina's cones distinguish |
|
|
| Red, white or blue |
|
|
| Sportscast anecdotes |
|
|
| It may be part of a code |
|
|
| Laser printer option |
|
|
| Red, white or blue |
|
|
| Decorator's decision |
|
|
| Enjoy crayons |
|
|
| It may be part of a code |
|
|
| Enjoy crayons |
|
|
| Front-page New York Times addition of 1997 |
|
|
| Make blond, maybe |
|
|
| Trapt "Only One in ___" |
|
|
| Skew subtly |
|
|
| Do dying work |
|
|
| What some sportscasters provide |
|
|
| 1950s TV innovation |
|
|
| Laser printer option |
|
|
| Sportscasting commentator's forte |
|
|
| Do dyeing work |
|
|
| Auburn, for one |
|
|
| Vivid quality |
|
|
| Death Cab for Cutie "A Lack of ___" |
|
|
| Play with crayons |
|
|
| Use crayons |
|
|
| Become red in the face |
|
|
| Burgundy, for one |
|
|
| Tint |
|
|
| Hue |
|
|
| 43 Across, for one |
|
|
| Palette choice |
|
|
| Carpet-buying decision |
|
|
| "The ___ Purple" ('85 film) |
|
|
| Burgundy, for one |
|
|
| Red, white or blue |
|
|
| Burgundy, for one |
|
|
| One may clash with another |
|
|
| What some laser printers offer |
|
|
| Kind of commentator |
|
|
| Influence |
|
|
| Walnut, e.g. |
|
|
| Some of this may be picked up at a beach |
|
|
| Peach or tangerine |
|
|
| Use crayons |
|
|
| Burgundy, for one |
|
|
| Decorator's decision |
|
|
| Amber or umber |
|
|
| Orange, for one |
|
|
| Perform an art class task |
|
|
| Work with crayons |
|
|
| Type of commentary |
|
|
| Cardinal or canary, e.g. |
|
|
| Photograph quality that The New York Times first used in 1997 |
|
|
| Spectrum part |
|
|
| Crayon choice |
|
|
| Misrepresent |
|
|
| Primary, maybe |
|
|
| Dye |
|
|
| Kind of guard or scheme |
|
|
| Play-by-play partner |
|
|
| "The ___ Purple" (1985 film) |
|
|
| Influence |
|
|
| *Kind of printer |
|
|
| Play-by-play partner |
|
|
| *Kind of printer |
|
|
| Crayola choice |
|
|
| Paint choice |
|
|
| Beauty-shop option |
|
|
| Tangerine or peach |
|
|
| Pigment |
|
|
| Paint or dye |
|
|
| Lemon or orange |
|
|
| Sports announcer's patter |
|
|
| Magenta or mauve |
|
|
| Pigment |
|
|
| RCA TV innovation |
|
|
| Palette choice |
|
|
| Green, for instance |
|
|
| Blue, e.g. |
|
|
| Kind of printer |
|
|
| Car-registration datum |
|
|
| Some sports commentary |
|
|
| Some commentary |
|
|
| Carpet-buying decision |
|
|
| Umber or amber |
|
|
| Crayon choice |
|
|
| Red, white or blue |
|
|
| "The __ of Money" |
|
|
| What the retina's cones distinguish |
|
|
| Television innovation of the 1950s |
|
|
| Spectrum component |
|
|
| Make blue, perhaps |
|
|
| Personality |
|
|
| Amber or umber |
|
|
| It may be local |
|
|
| Crayola choice |
|
|
| USA TODAY feature |
|
|
| Tint |
|
|
| Fuchsia, e.g. |
|
|
| Sportscast tidbits, collectively |
|
|
| Sportscast insight |
|
|
| Flush or blush |
|
|
| Almond or peach, e.g. |
|
|
| Car registration datum |
|
|
| Make blue, perhaps |
|
|
| Sportscast insight |
|
|
| Sportscast tidbits, collectively |
|
|
| Tint |
|
|
| It may be loud |
|
|
| Crayola choice |
|
|
| Gold or silver |
|
|
| Sportscaster's anecdotes |
|
|
| Burnt sienna or green |
|
|
| Hue |
|
|
| Sportscaster's role, maybe |
|
|
| Spectrum band |
|
|
| Distort |
|
|
| Blush or flush |
|
|
| Distort |
|
|
| '50s TV innovation |
|
|
| Do salon work |
|
|
| Purple or puce |
|
|
| "The ___ of Money" (Newman film) |
|
|
| Sportscast commentary |
|
|
| Walker's 'The -- Purple' |
|
|
| Like practically all TV's, now |
|
|
| Paint a picture |
|
|
| Sportscaster's offering |
|
|
| Influence |
|
|
| Hue |
|
|
| Use crayons |
|
|
| Descriptive details |
|
|
| Car registration datum |
|
|
| Peach or plum |
|
|
| Use crayons |
|
|
| Local ___ |
|
|
| Dye |
|
|
| It may be local |
|
|
| Use crayons |
|
|
| Plum, lemon or peach |
|
|
| What some commentators do |
|
|
| Modern newspaper feature |
|
|
| It may be part of a scheme |
|
|
| Almond or walnut |
|
|
| Blush |
|
|
| Hue |
|
|
| Turn red, e.g. |
|
|
| Use crayons |
|
|
| Fuchsia, e.g. |
|
|
| Painter.s choice |
|
|
| TV innovation of 1954 |
|
|
| The ___ of Money |
|
|
| '60s TV innovation |
|
|
| Peach or plum |
|
|
| Hue |
|
|
| Decorator's decision |
|
|
| Apply lipstick |
|
|
| "The ___ Purple": '85 film |
|
|
| Cardinal, e.g. |
|
|
| "The _____ Purple" (Goldberg) |
|
|
| What some laser printers offer |
|
|
| Hue |
|
|
| Spectrum component |
|
|
| Flush |
|
|
| Do a salon job |
|
|
| Complexion |
|
|
| Work with crayons |
|
|
| Tint |
|
|
| Purple or puce |
|
|
| Sportscaster's details |
|
|
| Red, white or blue |
|
|
| Use a crayon |
|
|
| Decorator's concern |
|
|
| Kind of scheme |
|
|
| Misrepresent |
|
|
| Play with crayons |
|
|
| Sportscasting commentator's forte |
|
|
| "The ___ of Money," 1986 film |
|
|
| Shade |
|
|
| Wine is one |
|
|
| Peach, for one |
|
|
| Violet, e.g. |
|
|
| Tinge |
|
|
| Distort, in a way |
|
|
| Kind of guard |
|
|
| Puce or peach |
|
|
| Dye |
|
|
| Show embarrassment |
|
|
| Play with crayons |
|
|
| Complexion |
|
|
| Distort |
|
|
| Chroma |
|
|
| Chartreuse, e.g. |
|
|
| Spectrum item |
|
|
| Indigo is one |
|
|
| Flush |
|
|
| Make vivid |
|
|
| Apricot or peach |
|
|
| Put in a false light |
|
|
| Distort, as a story |
|
|
| Peach or apricot |
|
|
| Slant, as news |
|
|
| Kind of guard or blind |
|
|
| [XXX] |
|
|
| Kind of guard or TV |
|
|
| Kind of TV |
|
|
| Add interest to |
|
|
| Pink or rose |
|
|
| Apricot or peach, e.g. |
|
|
| Vivid quality |
|
|
| Artist's concern |
|
|
| Red or green |
|
|
| "___ me gray" |
|
|
| Picturesque quality. |
|
|
| Violet, for example. |
|
|
| Apricot or peach. |
|
|
| TV specialty |
|
|
| Newcomer to television. |
|
|
| Apricot, for one. |
|
|
| Add interest to. |
|
|
| Division of the spectrum. |
|
|
| Headline word in TV news. |
|
|
| TV question mark. |
|
|
| Violet, for one. |
|
|
| Blush. |
|
|
| TV specialty. |
|
|
| Shade. |
|
|
| Redden. |
|
|
| Rose. |
|
|
| Something new to be added to money. |
|
|
| Lure of the new TV sets. |
|
|
| Semblance. |
|
|
| Vivid quality, as in writing. |
|
|
| TV question-mark. |
|
|
| ___ commentary |
|
|
| Tincture |
|
|
| Vivid quality. |
|
|
| Apricot or cherry. |
|
|
| Vividness. |
|
|
| Violet. |
|
|
| Misrepresent. |
|
|
| New facet of TV. |
|
|
| TV future. |
|
|
| Pigment. |
|
|
| Orange, for example. |
|
|
| TV magic. |
|
|