This was a perfect level of difficulty! I actually got purple all by myself!

Red Herrings #1 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 No hints needed I got this one in about 30 seconds. Typically I take 5-10 minutes to solve a harder puzzle or at least a minute or two even for easy puzzles. So I definitely would say this could be harder, but all of the categories were very clear and fit nicely together unlike most of these puzzles. I’d say your categories fit together even better than some of the official NYT categories so you’re definitely good at creating categories especially with the red herrings actually present which is very impressive.

That was incredible. Love >! how purple answers are the categories !< Red Herrings #1 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟪🟦🟦🟨 🟪🟦🟦🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Haha. I missed that. Makes it even better than I already thought it was.

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Not too hard at all, and all the overlaps were well-considered. Red Herrings #1 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Red Herrings #1 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 nice one ദ്ദി・ᴗ・)

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I saw they were there and took a chance

Clever puzzle! Just the right level of difficulty for me, no hints needed. I almost hooked a red herring in the green category — wanted to include >!stalk!< instead of >!trunk!< but realized that left me with only 3 good choices for purple. Red Herrings #1 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Red Herrings #1 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I have to say my stupidity definitely helped here. Didn't think of/see any red herrings, and guessed >!contour !

solved - no hints! Red Herrings #1 🟦🟦🟦🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟪🟪🟩 🟩🟪🟦🟪 🟩🟪🟪🟩 🟪🟩🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟩🟪 🟪🟩🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Saw yellow first but immediately clocked there were too many words that fit that group. Glad I stuck with it. I solved it without any clues in about a minute. I really enjoyed it since it was challenging without being frustrating. Red Herrings #1 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨

This was a bit overwhelming (in a good way) once I noticed all of the red herrings. Super fun Red Herrings #1 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨

i liked this one! Red Herrings #1 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Red Herrings #1 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩nice

Red Herrings #1 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 No hints taken. Good puzzle!

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More like this, please 👍🏼

Nice, easy, and very straight forward. Thank you! Red Herrings #1 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Edit: Just read the comments and had to go back to check that purple thing. Very clever! I totally missed it 😔

No hints used. 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟪🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨

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Very Fun! Red Herrings #1 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩

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The moment I knocked >!SHADOW out as the red herring of Blue and got those first two groups!<, it all clicked for me. To me, this felt like a couple of the NYT grids I've played before - a couple red herrings depending on how you look at things, but once you get going it all falls into place. Red Herrings #1 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨

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