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Today’s Connections answers

So, what are today’s Connections answers for game #556?

New York Times Connections puzzle December 18, 2024

It’s rare that you get a solid week of similarly difficulty puzzles.

For me, I saw bock and knew there was a beer grouping in this puzzle.

Stout and Sour are the more obvious ones from there.

NYTimes Connections

Going with the flow, I saw handle and manage.

From there, I saw hedge and was thinking stocks which led to hold, short and trade.

Yesterday’s Connections answers

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NYTimes Connections

Today felt tricky to me but we got it.

This Connections grid suggests some inner body parts groupings, so that is one trap.

It also hints at modeling with wax and clay and maybe tissue or construction.

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So, those are some groupings to avoid.

I nabbed purple first having seen clay, hard and grass.

I recognized those as tennis courts.

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I moved away from this group where I found the tennis court.

Here, finally, pluck appeared out of the ether and I salvaged this run.

Which left roads or descriptions of roads; artery, avenue, drag and drive.

Switch 2 and Mario

NYT Strands on a cellphone

Switch 2 console and accessories

ChatGPT on iPhone

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A woman with curly hair napping on a yellow sofa with a long haired labrador listening to binaural beats