Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Dec. 31, #99
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Happy New Year. I see you and your rhyme clues, Connection:Sports Edition. Moon, fool, balloon, etc., you won’t all go into the “rhyming words” category because those categories require sports pairings. All four of these rhyming words end up belonging to different categories. 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: Run the score.
Green group tips: Lights, camera, skates.
Blue group tips: best quarterback
Purple group tips: Start saying the team name.
Today’s Connected Answers: Sports Edition Group
Yellow group: Increase your lead
Green group: hockey movies
Blue group: hall of fame quarterback
Purple group: First 4 letters of SEC nickname
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What’s the answer on today’s WIRED: Sports Edition?
The completed New York Times Wired: Sports puzzle will be released on December 31, 2024.
yellow words in today’s connection
The theme is “Growing the Lead.” The four answers are balloon, stretch, grow, and inflate.
Green words in today’s connection
The theme is hockey movies. The four answers are Goon, Miracle, Slap Shot and The Mighty Ducks.
blue words in today’s connection
The theme is Hall of Fame quarterbacks. The four answers are Manning, Moon, Tittle and Unitas.
purple words in today’s connection
The subject is the first four letters of the SEC’s nickname. The four answers are bull, game, long term and soon.
