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So, what are today’s Connections answers for game #648?

The New York Times Connections puzzle for March 20

Drumroll, c’mon…

The first pair of words that popped out to me were direct and frank.

Perusing the board, I saw loud and vocal.

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I assumed this was the yellow group so I skipped them for the other groups.

Bay and channel stuck out to me as coastal waters.

This lead to sound and strait mostly because I was picturing maps of the Seattle area.

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From there I saw umbilical and thought ‘cord.’

Quickly grabbed extension, spinal and bungee for what I thought was the purple set.

Alas, it was the blue.

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This left the purple group as things in bottles; genie, lightning, message and ship.

And I wrapped up the day by finally putting in the yellow group.

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A person holding a Nintendo Switch 2 playing Mario Kart World

Thought I had a nice down the line going today but messed up with that dang yellow.

I saw carte and my inclination was a la carte.

A la mode stuck out next, which made me want some ice cream.

NYT Strands on a cellphone

I forgot about a la plancha for a moment, which means grilled on a metal plate.

It wasn’t working but I saw divider and figured for roads.

Lane and shoulder leapt out next.

A person holding a Nintendo Switch 2 playing Mario Kart World

I was looking for green next but but in convey, express, mean and spell first.

I guessed wrong, it was the yellow group.

So we ended with back, extensions, forward and refresh as web surfing app buttons.

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

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