Current NYT Connections Tips, Dec. 15, #553

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Hint: One of the parts of the New York Times Connections puzzle Today it includes an item I recently used to make the annual cookie exchange. And another subverts puzzle designers’ love of wordplay, such as removing letters from common words or names and making other words out of them. Need more advice and answers? Read on.

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Tips for modern Connections groups

Here are four facts about today’s Connections photo groups, chosen from the simple, yellow group to the bold (and weird) purple group.

Tips for the Yellow team: Like salt.

Tips for the green team: To be successful.

Tips for the Blue team: Quick reading.

Tips for the purple team: Singer’s name game.

Answers to modern Connections groups

Yellow group: Spices.

Green group: Good performance.

Blue Team: Look, like vegetables.

Purple group: Pop singers minus the “S.”

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What are the current solutions for Connections?

Yellow text in current Connections

Its theme is spices. The four answers are clove, mace, nutmeg and pepper.

Green words in modern Connections

This chapter has not done well. The four solutions are flail, flop, flounder and tank.

Blue text in modern Connections

The topic is highlighted, like pages. The four solutions are flip, blade, riffle and thumb.

Purple words in today’s communication

His title is pop singers minus the “S.” The four answers are Key, Mar, Spear and Style.