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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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ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 04/04/2024 20:34

Connections
Puzzle #298
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JaneJeffer · 04/04/2024 20:57

Axx · 04/04/2024 09:38

Too easy today!

We believe you 😜

Axx · 04/04/2024 22:57

@JaneJeffer Grin

NYT Connections - some more tenuous than others
JaneJeffer · 04/04/2024 23:00
Grin
HelloMist · 04/04/2024 23:42

Connections
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NotYourMinge · 05/04/2024 00:08

Connections
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MadisonAvenue · 05/04/2024 00:11

Connections
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MardiBras · 05/04/2024 00:14

Connections
Puzzle #299
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JaneJeffer · 05/04/2024 00:23

Made a pig's ear of this one

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LenaLamont · 05/04/2024 01:35

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Puzzle #299
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I nearly solved that in reverse order 😂

AutumnNymph · 05/04/2024 02:34

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happinessischocolate · 05/04/2024 05:25

Connections
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I'm Impressed with my 1st line 😂

WingBingo · 05/04/2024 06:59

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WhatICallMyUsername · 05/04/2024 07:04

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Hepzibar · 05/04/2024 07:14

This turned out to be trickier than I first thought

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Chemenger · 05/04/2024 07:25

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Xmasfairy86 · 05/04/2024 07:36

Connections
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purple was obvious, once you knew it 😆😆

Peridot1 · 05/04/2024 08:10

@Xmasfairy86 it always is! 😄

I’m pleased to have gotten it this morning. Almost didn’t!

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ThePoshUns · 05/04/2024 08:34

Grrr purple. I fell for the now obvious red herring.

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ClonedSquare · 05/04/2024 08:49

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The yellow one was so obvious I assumed it was a trick 😂

JoanThursday · 05/04/2024 09:07

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Got purple by default. Didn't get what it meant and then finally "oh yeah ...!"

Theydontknowaboutus · 05/04/2024 09:15

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Pleased with that!

Caerulea · 05/04/2024 10:07

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@happinessischocolate pretty sure I know exactly what you did there lol

HelloMist · 05/04/2024 14:00

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TriceratopsRocks · 05/04/2024 22:08

Connections
Puzzle #299
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Phew! The moral here is don't try and do connections after a glass of wine 🍷 (and I too thought yellow must be a trick).

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