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So, what are today’s Connections answers for game #629?

The New York Times Connections puzzle for February 29, 2025

I made up for it by snagging purple as I saw drugstore and thought cowboy.

Midnight cowboy and rhinestone cowboy followed soon after.

For some reason I wasn’t seeing the word space so that took a moment to find.

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Fiddler and Sunset leapt out to me as parts of musicals for the true blue category.

Phantom (of the Opera) was an easy find from there.

It got Groff his first Tony win, something I was surprised to learn hadn’t already happened.

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Oh yes, and we wrapped up with green and the baffling to-bo- compound words.

Tollbooth, tomboy, toolbox, towboat, which admittedly felt way too obvious once I initially saw it.

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In my mind the connection was an overly familiar old man talking to a waitress at the dinner.

Marbles, to me, immediately means mind.

So, sense, wits and mind were quick grabs.

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And we left yellow for last with hesitate, waffle, waver and yo-yo.

On to the next one.

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