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So, what are today’s Connections answers for game #577?

New York Times Connections puzzle January 8, 2025

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.

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

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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.

Trunk and tusk stuck out to me as elephant bits.

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

An elephant never forgets but I did.

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We kicked off today by going musical having seen A cappella, barbershop, and doo-wop.

Mostly its because madrigals are sung without instruments.

If you didn’t know, they are parts songs, usually from the renaissance.

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Here’s anChristmas-y example, which is what I associate them with.

Moving on, the weirdness of a life stuck out to me like it was looking for a title.

Which led me to Part one and then a novel.

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Essays was a quick find there for a Book subtitles.

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