Connections #566 Answers
Saturday, December 28, 2024
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #566 for Saturday, December 28, 2024. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): “nothing to it!”
- Green: objects from greek myth
- Blue: proverbial things to kick
- Purple (hardest): starting with possessive pronouns
Answers
“NOTHING TO IT!”
EASY, NO SWEAT, PIECE OF CAKE, SURE THING
OBJECTS FROM GREEK MYTH
AEGIS, APPLE OF DISCORD, GOLDEN FLEECE, PANDORA’S BOX
PROVERBIAL THINGS TO KICK
CAN, HABIT, HORNETS’ NEST, TIRES
STARTING WITH POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
HERSHEY, HISTAMINE, ITSY, MINEFIELD
Previous Connections answers
- #565 — breakfast sides, pushes, as a button, they have a horn, oscar-winning actors
- #564 — approximately, trees, sizable, as an amount, u.s. state abbreviations, per ap style guide
- #563 — celestial objects, archers, female animals, “s.n.l.” cast members
- #562 — “lions and tigers and bears, oh my!”, beloved, as a friend, words that sound like plural letters, when tripled, hit song titles
- #561 — homophones, necklines, ways to express 1,000, super ___
- #560 — slang for head, palindromes, police procedurals, first in a comedy duo
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