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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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Waitingforlongerdays · 17/10/2026 09:14

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Chemenger · 17/10/2026 09:18

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HoldMyWine · 17/10/2026 09:23

WingBingo · 17/10/2026 07:54

That looked ticky at first glance

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Yes not as hard as I thought it would be on first glance
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goldtrap · 17/10/2026 12:40

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NYT had that as a 1.8 difficulty. Felt about right.

Merluzzo · 17/10/2026 13:16

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Shinyhappyapple · 17/10/2026 14:44

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BBD

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SnowFrogJelly · 17/10/2026 23:21

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WhatICallMyUsername · 18/10/2026 00:33

GBD but obvious once I saw it!

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HelloMist · 18/10/2026 03:09

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No default

WingBingo · 18/10/2026 07:39

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WintersFrog · 18/10/2026 07:55

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PatioDwellers · 18/10/2026 07:56

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Waitingforlongerdays · 18/10/2026 08:48

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HoldMyWine · 18/10/2026 09:47

Fell for the red herring. PBD
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CountingCrones · 18/10/2026 09:57

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No default, and I quite liked purple.

Peridot1 · 18/10/2026 10:09

That took some thinking after I got blue and yellow straight away.

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Merluzzo · 18/10/2026 10:10

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Fell for the red herring. GBD.

goldtrap · 18/10/2026 10:41

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no default but took a punt on blue.

Chemenger · 18/10/2026 11:52

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Shinyhappyapple · 18/10/2026 13:57

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Didn’t see the red herring, although I was half expecting blue to be. Green by default .

OrsolaRosso · 18/10/2026 16:34

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LifeOfBriony · 18/10/2026 19:22

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Also GBD!

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SnowFrogJelly · 18/10/2026 23:36

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GBD

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WingBingo · 19/10/2026 06:45

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yellow and green seemed interchangeable

Waitingforlongerdays · 19/10/2026 07:16

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Agreed @WingBingo I could have made a case for some other combinations of those 2.