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Today’s Connections puzzle features a very meta purple category that refers back to other puzzles offered by The New York Times. Read on for hints and today’s Connections answers.
Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Set it right there.
Green group hint: A tailor works with these.
Blue group hint: Rock on.
Purple group hint: More puzzles from the Times.
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Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Put.
Green group: Dress shirt measurements.
Blue group: 2000s indie rock bands, with “The.”
Purple group: Starts of NYT print puzzles.
What are today’s Connections answers?
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is put.
The four answers are place, position, situate and stick.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is dress shirt measurements.
The four answers are chest, neck, sleeve and waist.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is 2000s indie rock bands, with “The.”
The four answers are Decemberists, National, Shins and Walkmen.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is starts of NYT print puzzles.
The four answers are acro (acrostic), cross (crossword), ken (KenKen) and sud (sudoku).
