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Here’s a larger hint:Steer your way to Greece and avoid the needles and bathroom.
Today’s Connections answers
So, what are today’s Connections answers for game #542?
After that I knew Pan, Atlas, and Helen were a part of Greek myth.
I wasn’t 100% sure on Echo, mostly because I couldn’t recall her story.
There are different versions, but I believe her sin was offending Hera.
For a minute I was stuck with green and purple.
I had loofah, toiletries and candle for a bathroom theme but wasn’t connecting the synonyms idea.
I tried turntable and sewing kit but kept getting the one away message.
Which left the green category and of things with needle(s).
Compass, sewing kit, turntable and pine tree.
Either lean into the singular or don’t.
That’s all I have to say there.
Yesterday’s Connections answers
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Today was harder, and for me, mostly because of the yellow category.
I got stuck here.
Just one of those cultural touchstones that, at this point, I’ve just not bothered to watch.
What saved me was a couple of context clues.
I knew that Edie Falco was in the show and assumed that the puzzle was looking for character names.
On the other side, I knew Tony would be paired with Junior and Carmela.
Why I know those other names is, I assume, pop culture osmosis.
That left, Meadow, Cece, and Katie.
Here is where I guessed.
I assumed Katie was not a Sopranos name.
At this point, I was not seeing the names that sound like letters.
Using this process, I took a strike guessing Cece with the Sopranos grouping.
Strike one, but that left Meadow and we were able to lock it down.
