Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Jan. 17, #116 | Global News Avenue

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Connection:Sports Edition Today is a difficult day. Unless you are from Boston, passing through Houston and previously lived in England. Read on for today’s Connect: Hints and Answers to the Sports Edition Puzzle.

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Today’s Hookup Tip: Sports Edition Group

Here are four tips grouped in today’s Connect: Sports Edition puzzle, from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.

Yellow group tips: Put them up.

Green group tips: Bean City’s nickname.

Blue group tips: British football shorthand.

Purple group tips: Houston group.

Today’s Connected Answers: Sports Edition Group

Yellow group: struggle.

Green group: The abbreviated nickname of the Boston football team.

Blue group: Nicknames for Premier League teams.

Purple group: Astros “Killer B.”

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What’s the answer on today’s WIRED: Sports Edition?

yellow words in today’s connection

The theme is combat. The four answers are fighting, boxing, arguing, and confrontation.

Green words in today’s connection

The theme is the abbreviated nickname of the Boston team. The four answers are B, C, Pats and Sox.

blue words in today’s connection

The theme is the nickname of the Premier League team. The four answers are bee, cherry, fox and hammer.

purple words in today’s connection

The theme is Spaceman Killer “B”. The four answers are Bagwell, Bell, Berkman and Biggio.