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NYT Connections - some more tenuous than others

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ThePoshUns · 26/02/2024 13:29

New thread to vent our frustration

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TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 23/03/2024 08:16

Connections
Puzzle #286
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Chemenger · 23/03/2024 08:32

Connections
Puzzle #286
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easy today.

Theydontknowaboutus · 23/03/2024 09:01

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Much better after yesterday.

Caerulea · 23/03/2024 13:10

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ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 23/03/2024 16:16

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Interesting a few of us got yellow as our default today. I'm another one who did not know that word in this context .

NotYourMinge · 24/03/2024 00:09

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JaneJeffer · 24/03/2024 00:14

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Not sure about the 🙏

MardiBras · 24/03/2024 00:22

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WhatICallMyUsername · 24/03/2024 00:58

I am not normally awake at this time. Apparently gin is the answer to me getting it right 🤣

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MadisonAvenue · 24/03/2024 01:18

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happinessischocolate · 24/03/2024 05:30

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Puzzle #287
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Silly mistake

AutumnNymph · 24/03/2024 06:36

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Xmasfairy86 · 24/03/2024 07:12

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Hepzibar · 24/03/2024 07:21

Took a while. Purple back to tenuous 🙄

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LenaLamont · 24/03/2024 07:26

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JoanThursday · 24/03/2024 07:26

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Well that's a surprise! Wouldn't have got the final line if it wasn't by default, though.

Chemenger · 24/03/2024 07:29

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not sure I would ever have got purple but it’s fair enough once you see it.

Peridot1 · 24/03/2024 07:36

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Purple line was by default. Wouldn’t have guessed it otherwise.

WingBingo · 24/03/2024 07:45

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UnaOfStormhold · 24/03/2024 08:03

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I found purple much earlier than normal today.

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 24/03/2024 08:08

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TriceratopsRocks · 24/03/2024 08:26

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Another quick one. Maybe they are softening us up for more ridiculousness...

CrushingOnRubies · 24/03/2024 08:41

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Caerulea · 24/03/2024 09:02

Connections
Puzzle #287
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Flatleak · 24/03/2024 09:09

I failed today as I don't understand how rout in that grouping when I means the opposite! Not going to give spoilers at 9am so might return later to discuss

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