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Did today’s NYT Connections puzzle fool you into looking for a «berries» category, with such clues as blue, straw, rasp and cran? Me too, but of course that would’ve been too easy for Connections. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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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: A mouse’s favorite food.
Green group hint: On a Starbucks counter.
Blue group hint: Maybe you’re making a table with these.
Purple group hint: Word trickery with flying creatures.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Kinds of cheeses.
Green group: Beverage self-service items.
Blue group: Woodworking hand tools.
Purple group: Birds minus last letter.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is kinds of cheeses. The four answers are blue, goat, jack and Swiss.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is beverage self-service items. The four answers are cup, lid, napkin, straw.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is woodworking hand tools. The four answers are chisel, plane, rasp and saw.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is birds minus last letter. The four answers are cran, flaming, hero and rave.
Cran=crane
Flaming=flamingo
Hero-heron
Rave=raven