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New York Times Connections puzzle January 16, 2025

Agent, asset, mole and plant stuck out to me as spycraft.

Made me want to watch some James Bond.

Redeemed myself with purple second when I figured out the green category and saw rug by itself.

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For some reason the cartoon rug rats popped into my mind.

Yesterday’s Connections answers

Reading this in a later time zone?

After that I was drawing blanks.

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I stepped away for a bit to see if it would help, which it did a bit.

When I came back to the puzzle, I saw light, low and short.

That led to the lacking category mentally which got me to shy.

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The thinking was still slow today but I finally sussed out mechanism, tool and vehicle.

I wasn’t sure on medium but it didn’t seem to fit with what was left.

Robot (the show), and Mr. Toad (of the wild ride).

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Anthony Mackie in Captain America: Brave New World

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