Issue #253 Fri 9 Feb
Connections hints — February 9, 2024
A tidy collection of four distinct paths to follow. You will find that careful sorting is required to untangle the overlaps.
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Yellow group
Fumbling with the remote while the disc spins or the digital track loses its place.
Consumer electronics interface
Commonly grouped functional verbs
Members are 4–7 letters; first letters R, S.
MUSIC PLAYER BUTTONS
One is REWIND.
REWIND · SHUFFLE · SKIP · STOP
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Green group
The technician at the console watching the levels spike as the signal goes live.
Media industry terminology
Polysemous industry verbs
Members are 3–6 letters; first letters A, R, S.
BROADCAST
One is AIR.
AIR · RUN · SCREEN · SHOW
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Blue group
Standing before a faucet, a window, or a blank sheet of paper with a pencil in hand.
Common verb-object phrases
Shared verb collocations
Members are 4–7 letters; first letters B, C, P.
THINGS YOU CAN DRAW
One is BATH.
BATH · CARD · CURTAIN · PICTURE
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Violet group
Rearranging the letters of a grocery list until the hidden quantities appear.
Linguistic manipulation
Wordplay via character rearrangement
Members are 3–5 letters; first letters E, N, T.
NUMBER ANAGRAMS
One is EON.
EON · ETHER · NET · TOW