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1.Today’s hints

2.Today’s answer

3.Yesterday’s answer

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Spoilers lie ahead for Connections #521.

NYTimes Connections

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Today’s Connections answers

So, what are today’s Connections answers for game #521?

NYTimes Connections

I tried a sauces category with tartar, mustard, worcestershire, and lemon.

So we moved on to building add-ons because I saw wing and annex.

Extension and addition were quick finds from there.

NYTimes Connections

I returned to mustard as I saw canary and lemon for a yellow things in the yellow category grouping.

My son loves Minions so that, for me, was a quick snag.

After that I got stuck.

NYTimes Connections

I had most of the blue group with cavity, plaque and tartar.

Calculus is apparently a form of calcified tartar.

Which leaves the purple category of “Words that seem longer written than spoken.”

NYT Strands on a cellphone

We had Colonel, Pharaoh, Wednesday and Worcestershire.

I disagree with the Connections crew on the title here, it feels like a real stretch.

Yesterday’s Connections answers

Reading this in a later time zone?

A person holding a Nintendo Switch 2 playing Mario Kart World

If you were avoiding the official app or website in support, I think it’s safe to return.

We finish today’s puzzle via the strike website.

Today, it got me.

The cover of the upcoming Star Wars: Outlaws video game

I didn’t see the astrology connection I was looking for but did connect floret, spear and stalk.

Took a second to find clove for vegetable “units.”

Seems that this should have been green and not yellow.

Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo Switch 2 console in handheld mode on a blue background

Sebastian De Souza as Garrett and Sofia Carson as Alex in "The Life List" on Netflix

A bald eagle in The Americas

Diego Luna in Andor season 2 trailer

Anthony Mackie in Captain America: Brave New World

MacBook Pro 2021 (16-inch) on a patio table