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Here’s a larger hints:Get to the bar for some great conversation about architecture.

The New York Times Connections puzzle for March 21

Today’s Connections answers

So, what are today’s Connections answers for game #649?

I started with the blue category today but wasn’t thinking architecture.

From there I saw Mitzvah and thought bar.

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Soap was nearby and I was off to the bar.

Bar exam came next followed by chart for the purple group.

Which left circle, scene, sphere and world as milieus.

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The first pair of words that popped out to me were direct and frank.

Perusing the board, I saw loud and vocal.

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I assumed this was the yellow group so I skipped them for the other groups.

Bay and channel stuck out to me as coastal waters.

This lead to sound and strait mostly because I was picturing maps of the Seattle area.

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From there I saw umbilical and thought ‘cord.’

Quickly grabbed extension, spinal and bungee for what I thought was the purple set.

Alas, it was the blue.

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This left the purple group as things in bottles; genie, lightning, message and ship.

And I wrapped up the day by finally putting in the yellow group.

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