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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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HoldMyWine · 03/09/2026 06:58

Got caught by the red herring
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Waitingforlongerdays · 03/09/2026 06:50

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Got caught by the red herring again. Once again it was more interesting than the rest of the puzzle.

WintersFrog · 03/09/2026 06:16

Thought it was easy today
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HelloMist · 03/09/2026 00:53

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WhatICallMyUsername · 02/09/2026 23:09

Should have got purple first as unfortunately it’s my specialist subject 😂

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SnowFrogJelly · 02/09/2026 22:48

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ouch

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LifeOfBriony · 02/09/2026 18:55

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Too many possibilities for yellow!

CountingCrones · 02/09/2026 18:42

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Woof.

goldtrap · 02/09/2026 16:26

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One of those purples could also have been a blue tbf.

Shinyhappyapple · 02/09/2026 15:18

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I eventually realised the difference between blue and purple but had to google to confirm the 4th purple, and I’ve now learned something!

OrsolaRosso · 02/09/2026 14:25

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Merluzzo · 02/09/2026 12:51

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HelloMist · 02/09/2026 11:37

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Chemenger · 02/09/2026 08:15

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that could easily have gone horribly wrong.

Peridot1 · 02/09/2026 07:56

Same @HoldMyWine. And an error on green didn’t help.

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WingBingo · 02/09/2026 07:04

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Waitingforlongerdays · 02/09/2026 06:55

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Took a while to sort out the blues and purples.

HoldMyWine · 02/09/2026 06:52

Couldn’t separate the blues and the purple
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SnowFrogJelly · 01/09/2026 22:48

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green was silly

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LifeOfBriony · 01/09/2026 19:17

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Yellow - a couple of them are not familiar to me but I got the theme and guessed correctly.
Got blue.
Had a different definition for green category but still on the right lines.
PBD

Didn’t spot a red herring.

Shinyhappyapple · 01/09/2026 17:31

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No default

Merluzzo · 01/09/2026 13:46

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GBD, very weak connection.

HelloMist · 01/09/2026 10:51

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googled 2 to get blue. PBD

WintersFrog · 01/09/2026 09:59

Mostly guesswork and a bit of luck, but no hints so I feel magnificent!
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goldtrap · 01/09/2026 09:07

Waitingforlongerdays · 01/09/2026 06:24

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I thought blue was the red herring and got caught by the actual one.

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Same - was sure blue was going to be the RH but went for it anyway and thus was more alert for the actual RH. And I guess I might have got purple (but green had annoyed me, so I was a bit meh by that point!)