Connections #1247 — Sunday, August 16, 2026

ACTOR

1. A person who performs, plays a part in a theatrical play or film.
2. One who acts; a doer.
3. One who takes part in a situation.
4. An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
5. One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.

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AGENT

1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act
2. One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him/her; someone entrusted to do the business of another
3. A person who looks for work for another person
4. Someone who works for an intelligence agency
5. An active power or cause or substance; something which has the power to produce an effect

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CONCERT

1. Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.
2. Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
3. A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.
4. To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.
5. To plan; to devise; to arrange.

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FROM NEANDER

Erik Neander is an American front office executive in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays. He has worked for the Rays since 2007, and became the team's president of baseball operations in September 2021.

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GIG

1. A performing engagement by a musical group; or, generally, any job or role, especially for a musician or performer.
2. (by extension) Any job; especially one that is temporary; or alternately, one that is very desirable.
3. A forked spear for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals.
4. A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.
5. (South England) A six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

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GRAND

1. (plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
2. (plural "grands") A grand piano
3. Of a large size or extent; great.
4. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.
5. Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.

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GREAT

1. A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
2. The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
3. (in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.
4. Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big.
5. Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind.

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HALF

1. One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
2. Half of a standard measure; frequently used for half a pint of beer or cider.
3. (preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
4. Part; side; behalf.
5. Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.

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HANDY

1. Easy to use, useful.
2. Nearby, within reach.
3. Of a person: dexterous, skilful.
4. Physically violent; tending to use one's fists.
5. Of a freight ship: having a small cargo capacity (less than 40,000 DWT); belonging to the handysize class.

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PARTY

1. A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.
2. A person.
3. A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.
4. A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.
5. A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.

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PLAYER

1. One that plays
2. One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
3. A significant participant.
4. A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.

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SET

1. To put (something) down, to rest.
2. To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
3. To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
4. To start (a fire).
5. To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

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SHOW

1. A play, dance, or other entertainment.
2. An exhibition of items.
3. A broadcast program/programme.
4. A movie.
5. An agricultural show.

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STEP

1. An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
2. A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
3. A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
4. A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
5. The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.

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UPRIGHT

1. Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
2. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
3. An upright piano.
4. Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
5. To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

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WISE

1. To become wise.
2. Usually with "up", to inform or learn.
3. Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
4. Disrespectful.
5. Aware, informed.

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