Don’t discount your puzzle score just yet, because today is a new day and we have all the hints and tricks you need to not consider this puzzle a lost cause.
Take advantage of this offer by using the hints to further breakdown each category, and use the answers if you must to ensure you get the puzzle right.
The last category itself did something I don’t think I’ve seen before, which is always tricky, so keep that in mind as you seek to solve the puzzle.
If you want something with a little more challenge but not too much, the NYT puzzle might be the right one for you. You can take this challenge head-on and brute force your way to an answer, but it will likely take a lot less time if you sit down with the puzzle and write down some guesses first.
That way you have taken a little time, but it is far less than the amount of time you otherwise would be spending on the same puzzle.