Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Editing Tips, Answers for April 8 #562

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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is tough. If you’re having trouble solving today’s riddle but still want to solve it, read on for tips and answers.

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Tips for Connections Groups: Sports Today’s Edition

Here are four clues for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.

Yellow group index: Practice.

Green group index: Cover your face.

Blue group index: NFL players.

Purple group index: Leap.

Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition

Yellow group: Exercises in the singular.

Green group: Sports professions that require masks.

Blue group: Hall of Fame defensive ends.

Purple group: ____ leap.

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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is exercises in the singular. The four responses are the crunch, plank, situp and squat.

Green words in today’s Connections

The theme is that of sports professions which require masks. The four answers are receiver, shooter, football player and goalie.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is Hall of Fame defensive ends. The four answers are Dent, Peppers, Strahan and Youngblood.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ____ jump. The four answers are wide, high, long and triple.