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1.Today’s hints

2.Today’s answer

3.Yesterday’s answer

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Today’s Connections answers

So, what are today’s Connections answers for game #493?

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Round was quickly spotted from there.

I debated Bye for Bye Round but nothing else fit, so we got the green category.

The others are vague enough but Cheerio really stuck out.

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The title is 9 words long and only three of them are less than four letters.

Anywho, peace and two stuck out to me.

From there I got scissors.

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Victory was last because I briefly blocked out that people do that to signal victory.

Yesterday’s Connections answers

Reading this in a later time zone?

Some days you just follow the flow.

A person holding a Nintendo Switch 2 playing Mario Kart World

I got going with Nickelodeon which immediately led to Discovery.

Clowns was a quick hit from there where I saw Joker and Pennywise.

Then I got Ronald.

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And we wrapped it up with D words, Defense, Democrat, Dimensional and Drive.

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