NYT Connections Hints, Answers & Clues - Sun, May 3, 2026

GARAGE, HOUSE, PORCH, and SHED are all structures found on a residential property — the main dwelling and the outbuildings or attachments around it.

GARAGE

A structure attached to or near a home used for storing vehicles or as a workshop — one of the most common home outbuildings.

HOUSE

The main residential building itself — used in its most literal architectural sense, not as a music genre.

PORCH

A covered platform or veranda at the entrance of a house — an outdoor structure attached to the front or back of the main building.

SHED

A small outbuilding in the garden or yard used for storage, tools, or hobbies — simpler and smaller than a garage.

ACID, COMMUNE, FREE LOVE, and HIPPIE are all strongly associated with the 1960s counterculture movement — the people, the practices, and the beliefs that defined the era of social rebellion.

ACID

Slang for LSD, the hallucinogenic drug that was central to 1960s counterculture — acid trips were part of the psychedelic experience the movement embraced.

COMMUNE

A communal living arrangement where a group shares resources, land, and responsibilities — back-to-the-land communes were a defining feature of 1960s counterculture.

FREE LOVE

The counterculture belief that intimate relationships should be free from the restrictions of marriage and social convention — a major social idea of the 1960s.

HIPPIE

The name for members of the 1960s counterculture movement itself — associated with peace, communal living, psychedelics, and rejection of mainstream society.

FRENCH, GREEN, INDUSTRIAL, and SEXUAL each precede the word REVOLUTION to name a famous historical upheaval — the French Revolution, the Green Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the Sexual Revolution.

FRENCH

The French Revolution (1789) was the political uprising that overthrew the French monarchy, executed the king and queen, and reshaped European politics — one of the most studied events in history.

GREEN

The Green Revolution (mid-20th century) was a dramatic transformation in global agriculture through new crop varieties and farming techniques that massively increased food production.

INDUSTRIAL

The Industrial Revolution (18th–19th century) was the transformation of manufacturing and society through mechanisation, steam power, and factory production — it reshaped how people lived and worked.

SEXUAL

The Sexual Revolution (1960s–70s) was the major social shift in attitudes toward intimacy, contraception, and personal freedom — it overlaps thematically with the counterculture category, which is the deliberate trap.

AIR QUOTES, BUNNY EARS, FINGERS CROSSED, and PEACE are all gestures made specifically using the index and middle fingers — each one is a distinct, widely recognised hand signal.

AIR QUOTES

The gesture of curling the index and middle fingers of both hands to signal that a word or phrase is being used ironically or borrowed — made by both hands simultaneously.

BUNNY EARS

The playful gesture of raising the index and middle fingers behind someone's head in a photo to make them look like they have rabbit ears.

FINGERS CROSSED

The gesture of crossing the index finger over the middle finger — done to wish for luck or, in folklore, to secretly nullify a promise.

PEACE

The V-sign made with the index and middle fingers raised and spread apart — used as a symbol of peace or victory, and the reason PEACE belongs here rather than with the counterculture group.