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It feels like a while since the last Connect Wall, so here is one. As usual, there are 16 words which can be grouped into sets of four with each group associated with a word. The resulting four words also have a connection, but in this case, the final connection is a picture, not a word or phrase. (Well, actually it could be represented by a phrase, but the answer is a picture.) The words are:

BULLET, BUTTER, DRY, FOOL, GLASS, HAZEL, HERO, HOUSE, JACOB, MAY, PARTY, PRINCE, SILHOUETTE, TRIBE, VILLA, WATCH

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GLASS and WATCH are in the same group.

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FOOL and TRIBE are in the same group.

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PRINCE and HAZEL are in different groups.

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HAZEL is meant to be used as a proper name, and is in the same group as PARTY.

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The group including PRINCE is based on song titles. The group including HAZEL is based on a recent event in my neck of the woods (southeastern US).

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  • $\begingroup$ For those of us who aren't familiar with "connect wall", Does "associated with a word" mean, "can be preceded or followed by a word"? Or can "associated" have a wider meaning? $\endgroup$
    – chasly - supports Monica
    Aug 3, 2020 at 10:15
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    $\begingroup$ @chasly-reinstateMonica Take a look at other puzzles with the connect-wall tag - there are lots of examples on this site now :) (Usually on PSE most questions use precede/follow, but the original intention of this puzzle type has a much wider application of connection...) $\endgroup$
    – Stiv
    Aug 3, 2020 at 10:17
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    $\begingroup$ Still feel like I've only got two of the groups for this (the ones involving BULLET and BUTTER) - how on earth do you get a connection with SILHOUETTE?! Impressive word to fit into a puzzle like this... $\endgroup$
    – Stiv
    Aug 4, 2020 at 10:11
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    $\begingroup$ @Stiv I gotta say I was ecstatic to find I could use SILHOUETTE...you will appreciate it when you get it, I think. Ready for a hint? $\endgroup$
    – Jeremy Dover
    Aug 4, 2020 at 11:23
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    $\begingroup$ @Stiv I have the HAZEL category, I think — but not the others — think a rot13(ymetr angheny curabzraba) in the location Jeremy mentioned.... $\endgroup$
    – El-Guest
    Aug 9, 2020 at 19:25

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The 4 groups in this tricky connecting wall are:

GROUP 1: ___FLY
BUTTERfly, HOUSEfly, MAYfly, DRY fly.

GROUP 2: ___IN
BULLETin, VILLAin, HEROin, JACOBin.

GROUP 3: TWO ___S (songs)
Two PRINCEs, Two TRIBEs, Two SILHOUETTES, Two FOOLs.

GROUP 4: HURRICANE ___
Hurricane HAZEL, Hurricane WATCH, Hurricane PARTY, Hurricane GLASS.

After some consideration of exactly how to use the information (spending far too long trying to interpret it as a cryptic clue, given the OP's other puzzles!), I finally realised that to find the picture connection, we simply need to arrange these four connecting words into a literal phrase:

FLY TWO IN HURRICANE

This means that our picture answer is:

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Source: Wikipedia

This is the US maritime flag for a storm warning. The use of two such flags flying together at the same time indicates a hurricane warning...

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  • $\begingroup$ Excellent! Those are the groups. But the use of rot13(gjb) vs. rot13(gb) was deliberate. Try juggling the word order around a little bit...another tip: I could give this away with a standard tag that I've used before. $\endgroup$
    – Jeremy Dover
    Aug 9, 2020 at 20:29
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    $\begingroup$ @JeremyDover I'm guessing this is a particular tag you've used a lot(!) - I can half-justify rot13(ZBFDHVGB be OYBJ-SYL) but not quite fully satisfactorily yet... Is this the right kind of lines? $\endgroup$
    – Stiv
    Aug 9, 2020 at 21:24
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    $\begingroup$ Think of the last of your puzzles that I solved... $\endgroup$
    – Jeremy Dover
    Aug 10, 2020 at 0:00
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    $\begingroup$ That's it Stiv! Great work...thank you for sticking with it! I always love all the links in your answers, BTW :-) $\endgroup$
    – Jeremy Dover
    Aug 10, 2020 at 11:24

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