Answers · Puzzle #176 · Tuesday 3 November 2026
Stargrid #176: Hawkins' Finest and the Cylons of Galactica
Answers for Tuesday's puzzle: the Stranger Things Party, Battlestar Galactica leads, genre spies and four people who see the future.
Stargrid #176 on Tuesday 3 November 2026 split its sixteen tiles into four groups. One was the kids of the Party from Stranger Things. One was the central cast of Battlestar Galactica. One was a set of covert operatives from several franchises. The last was four characters who see what's coming, drawn from four different stories.
The answer board
Each puzzle has one group per colour. Yellow is the most direct connection and purple the most abstract.
The four groups
Hawkins' Finest
- Eleven
- Mike Wheeler
- Lucas
- Dustin Henderson
Eleven, Mike Wheeler, Lucas and Dustin Henderson are all core members of the Party, the D&D-playing kid crew from Stranger Things. They face the supernatural threats around Hawkins together.
Eleven is the telekinetic one. Dustin is the one who kept a baby Demogorgon named D'Artagnan.
- ElevenEleven is the telekinetic girl with a shaved head and nosebleeds who joins the Party's fight.
- Mike WheelerMike is the Party's leader and heart, host of the D&D games and Eleven's closest friend.
- LucasLucas is the practical, slingshot-armed Party member who later plays Hawkins High basketball.
- Dustin HendersonDustin is the curly-haired science whiz in the Party who kept a baby Demogorgon named D'Artagnan.
All of This Has Happened Before
- William Adama
- Starbuck
- Gaius Baltar
- Number Six
William Adama, Starbuck, Gaius Baltar and Number Six anchor Battlestar Galactica, the story of fleeing human survivors and the Cylons hunting them. Adama commands the Galactica. Starbuck is the Viper pilot tied to the fleet's prophecy about Earth.
Baltar and Number Six are bound together: his trust in her opened the Colonies' defences, and she later appears to him as a voice in his head.
- William AdamaAdama commands the Galactica and leads the fleet of Colonial survivors.
- StarbuckStarbuck is the hotshot Viper pilot at the center of the fleet's prophecy about finding Earth.
- Gaius BaltarBaltar is the scientist whose trust in a Cylon lover opened the Colonies' defenses to attack.
- Number SixNumber Six is the Cylon who seduced Baltar and then appears to him as a voice in his head.
Operatives
- Garak
- Black Widow
- Nick Fury
- Cigarette Smoking Man
Each of these four works in intelligence, espionage or someone's secret agenda. Garak keeps a tailor shop on Deep Space Nine while hinting at Cardassian intelligence work. Black Widow and Nick Fury are both S.H.I.E.L.D. figures from the Marvel films.
Cigarette Smoking Man comes from The X-Files, where he pulls the strings of global conspiracies as a Syndicate agent.
- GarakGarak runs a tailor shop on Deep Space Nine while hinting at a past in Cardassian intelligence.
- Black WidowNatasha Romanoff is a Soviet-trained assassin turned S.H.I.E.L.D. spy and Avenger.
- Nick FuryFury is the eyepatch-wearing director of S.H.I.E.L.D. who assembles the Avengers.
- Cigarette Smoking ManShadowy Syndicate agent who pulls the strings of global conspiracies, always smoking.
Precognitives
- Yoda
- Paul Atreides
- Agatha
- Louise Banks
Yoda, Paul Atreides, Agatha and Louise Banks all glimpse the future through visions and use that foresight to shape events or warn about them. Yoda reads it through the Force and says the future is always in motion.
Paul's spice-fuelled prescience shows him the jihad done in his name. Agatha's visions of coming murders power the PreCrime system. Louise gets her future memories by learning the heptapod language.
- YodaYoda senses what is to come through the Force, and warns that the future is always in motion.
- Paul AtreidesPaul sees possible futures through spice-fueled prescience, including the jihad done in his name.
- AgathaAgatha is the precog whose visions of coming murders power the PreCrime system.
- Louise BanksLouise learns the heptapod language and gains the ability to experience her future memories.
Play it yourself
Stargrid is a daily sci-fi connections puzzle: sixteen characters, ships and worlds, four hidden groups, ten wrong guesses before it ends. Every puzzle goes into the archive once its day is over, so #176 is still playable there.