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Today’s Connections answers

So, what are today’s Connections answers for game #587?

New York Times Connections puzzle January 18, 2025

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Today, I had some Connections blinders on.

I saw Thorn, Spur and Tide and was immediately thinking sports team.

I could not find that fourth team though but it stuck in my craw the whole way through.

NYTimes Connections

Where I did start was with album, artist, label and track as things on a record.

Even with the popularity of vinyl I can see why this was a blue category.

So, drive, impulse, itch and urge.

NYTimes Connections

I briefly considered spur but it wasn’t quite right.

Drive isn’t either but it fits better.

What got me around it was putting corner, page and tables together because I was thinking books.

NYTimes Connections

I took a strike throwing spine in.

The one away clue got me to finally wake up and look at the board.

Finally saw sticker, thorn and spur.

Nintendo Switch 2 London event hands-on images

I assumed the sticking words were supposed to be the easier of the two groupings.

Then we wrapped it up with barbs; spine, spur, sticker and thorn.

Yesterday’s Connections answers

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Nintendo Switch 2

Surprisingly the difficulty today comes in the form of traps rather than difficult connections.

I found that out when I fell for the hit songs trap of bop, hit and banger.

Nothing else fit with that list though.

Switch 2 and Mario

I was able to recalibrate with knock and tap for the green group.

Quickly locked down web browsers withChrome, Edge, Opera andSafari.

From there I took a quick strike when I comboed banger, brat, sausage and pepperoni.

NYT Strands on a cellphone

I was not seeing the beer brands for the purple group.

But there they are in autoharp, contrabass, pepperoni, and rosebud.

Switch 2 console and accessories

Diego Luna (as Cassian Andor) in Ferrix in ANDOR

PureVPN on a laptop screen

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