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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition has some logos mixed into the grid. I spotted my local college, the University of Washington, but that doesn’t mean I was able to immediately make all the connections. If you’re struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for free online.
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Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Green group hint: Woof!
Blue group hint: Color my world.
Green group: Teams named after dog breeds.
Blue group: Teams whose nicknames are colors.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is teams whose nicknames are colors. The four answers are Cincinnati, St. Louis, Stanford and Syracuse.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ____ ball. The four answers are banana, breaking, medicine and ping-pong.
Source: CNET.
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