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So, what are today’s Connections answers for game #578?

New York Times Connections puzzle January 9, 2025

It was so obvious I skipped that grouping until the very end.

And it turned out to be the yellow category.

Similarly, today, I saw Sea and Shining and From and immediately thought of the song.

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However, I didn’t think it was real, again, and skipped over it.

We’ll come back to that.

From there I saw Finance and Legal.

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Sales was a quick find though it took a moment to see I.T.

Come, heel, sit and stay jumped out next as dog commands.

Which left the obvious, to me, From sea to shining sea.

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Sometimes you should probably try your really obvious guesses.

They’re probably right.

What’s a strike anyway?

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Yesterday’s Connections answers

Reading this in a later time zone?

I saw corn (Korn) from there and was off to the races.

It took a second to find Lincoln (Linkin Park) but we got there.

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The new album with the new singer is great by the way.

I was still thinking music and picked up the green category next when I saw pick and mallet.

Bow and drumstick rounded out the list.

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Trunk and tusk stuck out to me as elephant bits.

I had ear and took a poor strike grabbing limb…instead of memory.

An elephant never forgets but I did.

Fire TV interface on the Fire TV Stick 4K (2nd gen)

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