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Here’s a larger hint:Get round in the fox hole with animals battling in Macbeth.

The New York Times Connections puzzle for April 9, 2025

Today’s Connections answers

So, what are today’s Connections answers for game #668?

I was looking at hound and was reminded of The Fox and the Hound.

Which led me to foxhound followed by other fox things; fox trot, foxglove and foxhole.

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Took it easy with the green category snagging pop, pound, slug and sock.

And we wrapped it up with the witches brew of bat, dog, frog and newt from Macbeth.

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I don’t know why but the sub-2 rated puzzles I never guess which category is which color correctly.

They are all yellow at a certain point.

And yet, I went down the line.

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Which is largely due to how I play where I let categories come to me.

I don’t really take a stab at specify purple first.

I play this game with vibes, which probably isn’t how you’re supposed to do it.

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Poke and jab stuck out to me first, and then we picked up pierce and jab.

These were Daniel, Job, Judges and Numbers.

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A person holding a Nintendo Switch 2 playing Mario Kart World

The cover of the upcoming Star Wars: Outlaws video game

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