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Connections: Sports Edition It relies heavily on categories that use general words, but when it comes to personal names, the difficulty increases. If you don’t know the best players in, say, American football or Olympic swimming, you may be forced to make educated guesses. I did some of that today. Read on for hints and answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle.
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Here are four suggestions for groups in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes strange) purple group.
Yellow group clue: Throw it away.
Green Group Suggestion: Grill plans.
Blue Group Clue: Swimmer winners.
Purple Group Clue: Who made your bat?
Yellow group: Shoot.
Green group: Soccer offensive strategies.
Blue group: Gold medal winning swimmers.
Purple group: Baseball equipment manufacturers.
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The theme is shooting. The four responses are shoot, throw, push and throw.
The topic is the offensive strategies of football. The four answers are option, gun, extension, and west coast.
The topic is gold medal-winning swimmers. The four answers are Franklin, King, Ledecky and Manuel.
The issue is baseball equipment manufacturers. The four answers are DeMarini, Easton, Louisville Slugger and Rawlings.