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1.Today’s hints

2.Today’s answer

3.Yesterday’s answer

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NYTimes Connections

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Today’s Connections answers

So, what are today’s Connections answers for game #495?

NYTimes Connections

Drumroll, yo…

We got things going with the yellow category of clunkers.

I saw flop and miss first, which led to bust and dud.

It took a minute for the other groups to click for me.

NYTimes Connections

Just wasn’t seeing it today.

I was floating around charge and plastic before that one clicked.

From there I snagged green with chance, shot, time, and turn.

A person holding a Nintendo Switch 2 playing Mario Kart World

I had Kindle and Rainforest at one point and never consideredAmazonPrime.

Good thing, I suppose, that this was the rote fill.

Probably a good thing on my part.

The cover of the upcoming Star Wars: Outlaws video game

Don’t let that one get you.

Yesterday’s Connections answers

Reading this in a later time zone?

I saw Goodfella and immediately started hunting for other movies.

Nintendo Switch 2

I took a couple strikes on the yellow category because I held on to field for too long.

We had yard, lawn and green to start.

Ended up swapping green for park but kept field.

Nintendo Switch 2 console in handheld mode on a blue background

To get around that I moved on and saw Harvard and Criminal near each other.

This led to law, which helped find lemon and natural.

Which helped me to see address, answer, field and handle for the green category.

NYT Strands on a cellphone

From there we were able to correct our mistakes on the yellow category.

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