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Here are some clues and answers for the May 24 NYT Connections Puzzle, #1,078.
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Tips for Today’s Connections Groups
Here are four clues for today’s Connections puzzle groupings, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: The barn is another.
Green group index: Workers’ rights.
Blue group index: Items for very specific events.
Purple group index: Take a word, add a letter.
Answers for Today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Agricultural arrangements.
Green group: Worker protest actions.
Blue group: Objects used in ritual performances.
Purple group: Possessive adjectives plus one letter.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
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NYT/Screenshot by CNETYellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is farm. The four answers are chicken coop, run, shed and stable.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is that of worker protest actions. The four responses are march, picket, rally and strike.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is objects used in ritual performances. The four responses are the drum, the mask, the rattle and the stick.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme consists of possessive adjectives plus one letter. The four answers are herb (her), hiss (his), itsy (that), and Mya (my).
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