It's time for your daily instalment of the NYT's Connections game. If you've not played it before, you're in for a treat. If you have, you'll know what to expect and why it's such great fun.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily , and articles if you need help for those too. Today's NYT Connections words are.
.. What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? Need more clues? We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles.
.. What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
The answers to today's Connections, game #396, are...
The NYT threw a lot of misdirection into today's Connections. Most concerned school – where PRINCIPAL and PASS could easily have fit alongside the actual answers, while STAPLE and KEY could also potentially have played a part. Although when I write it down now, it doesn't seem like the connection was that strong, but at the time I felt a bit confused.
Anyway, after puzzling over it for a while I focused on the FUNDAMENTAL connection, picking ESSENTIAL, KEY, PRINCIPAL and STAPLE. Next, I looked at APPLAUSE and RECORDING and thought of TV studios, then added EXIT and WALK to form the supposedly toughest purple group. Yellow – which was indeed SCHOOL SUPPLIES – was now much easier to solve, whi.
