I've seen bad grids before... but this is total crap

I didn't think this was all that badly written, just very, very difficult. I thought "Aria" was a bit of a stretch, but really appreciated "Homem," as it gets you going on a Latin red herring. Too many words-based groups for my taste, but not bad.

Can't find any of your grids Joe...?

I agree with foursquare. Joe- keep it constructive or go and punch a pillow- don't take out your frustrations on real people, just because a computer screen hides them

Annoyingly hard but a lot of fun when you see the answers. Only got one group... Semifinal level for sure! Should be Blockade in the answers not Blockage but both blockade and blockage are good descriptions of how I did :-)

Gasconade?
Agram?

Gasconade means boasting and therefore works as a red herring.

Far too difficult for me, but it is in the correct section. 0/8

Not that hard once you spot the clues within the puzzle.

Don't understand ppl complaining over words they find obscure. Unless the grid is littered with them the player knows by process of elimination which group the obscure word belongs. Afterwards they can Google it and enhance their general knowledge. You never know when knowledge of African card games will come in handy.

Never heard of gasconade or agram but guessed based on other grids. I liked it. Marmite approach to puzzgrid I suppose