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Connections in late summer

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SnowFrogJelly · 20/08/2026 23:14

New thread here

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WintersFrog · 18/09/2026 08:01

Wtf was the 4th word for green all about?!
Bah!! 😂
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WingBingo · 18/09/2026 07:03

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HelloMist · 18/09/2026 00:53

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SnowFrogJelly · 17/09/2026 22:54

Foxed by a purple too

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SnowFrogJelly · 17/09/2026 22:52

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HelloMist · 17/09/2026 22:08

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OrsolaRosso · 17/09/2026 15:56

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Shinyhappyapple · 17/09/2026 15:19

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Used Google for a couple of words, no default, although I’m not familiar with one of the purples .

Chemenger · 17/09/2026 11:15

Just realised I don’t know one of the purples either @Merluzzo

Merluzzo · 17/09/2026 09:33

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Fell for the red herring. Didn’t know one of the purples.

Peridot1 · 17/09/2026 09:25

Straight in with the red herring. Had an idea for blue confirmed by google. PBD.

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goldtrap · 17/09/2026 08:59

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damn you 4th purple!

Chemenger · 17/09/2026 08:08

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fell for the red herring. Did some googling for the fourth blue. I only got purple when they were leftovers. All in all a bit of a struggle.

WintersFrog · 17/09/2026 07:41

Agreed @SnowFrogJelly
I was on the right lines for purple throughout but could only spot three
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WingBingo · 17/09/2026 06:18

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SnowFrogJelly · 16/09/2026 22:40

Tricky today

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LifeOfBriony · 16/09/2026 21:59

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Got green, should have got yellow, thought I’d guessed a category but nothing worked.

Shinyhappyapple · 16/09/2026 13:14

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I managed yellow and green, and then a combination of Google, hints, pure luck and blue by default!

Merluzzo · 16/09/2026 12:44

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Purple was by chance. No clue about blue. Hard today I thought.

goldtrap · 16/09/2026 09:15

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That was very unsatisfying! Green and yellow seemed like purple. I had to go to hints to limp through purple and blue was an absolute default (although I made up my own category).

Waitingforlongerdays · 16/09/2026 08:44

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I found it hard today. I spent a long time distracted by the red herring. Blue by default and I looked at hints after doing yellow and green.

Chemenger · 16/09/2026 08:34

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B very much BD. I would never have got that, don’t know three of them. Very lucky flash of inspiration for purple.

Peridot1 · 16/09/2026 07:54

Red herring, hints. No clue on blue.

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HoldMyWine · 16/09/2026 07:32

No idea after being thrown that the red herring was a red herring
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