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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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MardiBras · 27/03/2024 00:09

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JaneJeffer · 27/03/2024 00:12

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AutumnNymph · 27/03/2024 00:33

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HelloMist · 27/03/2024 01:14

argh, failed wordle as well!

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MadisonAvenue · 27/03/2024 01:41

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TriceratopsRocks · 27/03/2024 05:29

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Phew!

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ThePoshUns · 27/03/2024 06:14

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Hepzibar · 27/03/2024 06:24

Pretty quick this morning

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kindletimeisfinetime · 27/03/2024 06:44

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On it today!! Would never have got the missing one on blue but was chuffed I got purple!!

Xmasfairy86 · 27/03/2024 06:50

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thought I knew purple so guessed blue before it

WingBingo · 27/03/2024 06:58

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similar thought process

CrushingOnRubies · 27/03/2024 07:51

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Theydontknowaboutus · 27/03/2024 08:07

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Fell for the obvious one on the blue line - wouldn't have got the eventual answer, but luckily the rest fell in place.

Peridot1 · 27/03/2024 08:16

Bah! Didn’t get it.

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Chemenger · 27/03/2024 08:18

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same pattern as everyone else. I did not know the rogue blue in this context.

Willow12345 · 27/03/2024 09:10

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Lucky guess in the end for purple/blue

LenaLamont · 27/03/2024 10:13

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definitely found the final Blue a tricky one.

Stowickthevast · 27/03/2024 10:15

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Same. The blue is dubious.

Caerulea · 27/03/2024 13:18

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Still don't understand how one of the blues fits 🤷🏼‍♀️

MadisonAvenue · 28/03/2024 01:08

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JaneJeffer · 28/03/2024 01:24

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Googled hints for blue and purple but didn't understand the hints and got it by fluke Grin

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ThePoshUns · 28/03/2024 03:11

I did the same @JaneJeffer

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TriceratopsRocks · 28/03/2024 05:10

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I had a probable 50:50 guess of the 4th member of blue, which worked out. But purple was utterly ridiculous!

happinessischocolate · 28/03/2024 05:42

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Hepzibar · 28/03/2024 06:30

Happy with todays effort

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