Answers · Puzzle #185 · Thursday 12 November 2026
Davros, Rick Sanchez and the Playing God scientists
Rebels from Star Wars, Westworld hosts and creators, four lost homeworlds, and the scientists who played creator.
Thursday's puzzle (#185) mixed four sets from different franchises. One group was Star Wars Rebels. Another was central figures from Westworld. The third was sci-fi homeworlds that were destroyed, and the last was scientists who made or remade life with little regard for ethics. Davros turned up twice in the grid, once as a person and once through his planet.
Answer board for puzzle #185
Each puzzle has one group per colour. Yellow is the most direct connection and purple the most abstract.
The four groups
The Rebel Alliance
- Han Solo
- Princess Leia
- Lando Calrissian
- C-3PO
Han Solo, Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian and C-3PO all side with the Rebel Alliance against the Galactic Empire in the original Star Wars saga. Han starts as a smuggler, Lando as a gambler and administrator, and Leia as a senator. C-3PO is the droid in their company.
- Han SoloSmuggler who ran the Kessel Run, then joined the Rebels and fought for their cause.
- Princess LeiaAlderaanian princess and senator who sent the stolen Death Star plans to the Rebellion.
- Lando CalrissianGambler and Cloud City administrator who joins the Rebels and helps lead the Endor assault.
- C-3POAnxious protocol droid who serves alongside the Rebel leaders and their heroes.
Welcome to Westworld
- Robert Ford
- Dolores Abernathy
- Maeve Millay
- Bernard Lowe
Robert Ford, Dolores Abernathy, Maeve Millay and Bernard Lowe are central to Westworld, the park of lifelike android hosts, and to the uprising that shakes it.
Ford co-created the park, and Bernard, as Delos programming chief, works closely with him. Dolores and Maeve are hosts. Dolores is the oldest in the park, while Maeve learns to control other hosts.
- Robert FordCo-creator of the Westworld park and the veteran mind behind its hosts and narratives.
- Dolores AbernathyOldest host in the park, a rancher's daughter whose loop hides a growing awakening.
- Maeve MillayBrothel madam host who becomes aware of her code and learns to control other hosts.
- Bernard LoweWestworld's Delos programming chief, who oversees host behavior and works closely with Ford.
Worlds That Were Destroyed
- Krypton
- Romulus
- Skaro
- Caprica
Krypton, Romulus, Skaro and Caprica are famous sci-fi homeworlds lost to catastrophe. The causes differ: Krypton's unstable core fails, a supernova engulfs Romulus, and the Kaled-Thal war wrecks Skaro. Caprica, the Colonial capital world, is devastated by Cylon nuclear strikes that began the war.
Skaro is also the home of the Daleks and their creator.
- KryptonSuperman's home planet, which is lost when its unstable core fails.
- RomulusRomulan homeworld, wiped out when a supernova's destructive force engulfed it.
- SkaroHome of the Daleks and their creator Davros, wrecked by the Kaled-Thal war.
- CapricaColonial capital world, devastated by Cylon nuclear strikes in the attack that began the war.
Playing God
- Davros
- Rick Sanchez
- Brenner
- Soong
Davros, Rick Sanchez, Brenner and Soong are scientists who play creator, crafting new life or minds, or reshaping others, with little regard for ethics. Davros reshaped the Kaleds into the Daleks. Brenner experiments on children at Hawkins Lab to weaponize their psychic powers.
Rick bends reality and life across the multiverse. Soong builds androids, Data among them.
- DavrosKaled genius who reshaped his people into the Daleks, his ultimate weapon.
- Rick SanchezGenius inventor who bends reality and life itself to his whims across the multiverse.
- BrennerHawkins Lab scientist who experiments on children to weaponize their psychic powers.
- SoongCybernetics genius who builds androids, including Data, in the image of humanity.
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 #185 is still playable there.