Issue #274 Wed 6 Mar
Connections hints — March 6, 2024
A grid requiring careful sorting of two distinct vocabulary sets and two functional categories. Expect a few red herrings that pull your attention toward the wrong groupings early on.
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Yellow group
The long wait at the gate, the smell of jet fuel, and the sound of luggage wheels clicking across the floor.
Infrastructure and Aviation
Synonyms
Members are 6–8 letters; first letters H, R, T.
PARTS OF AN AIRPORT
One is HANGAR.
HANGAR · RUNWAY · TARMAC · TERMINAL
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Green group
A manila folder left on a desk, a stack of papers with blue ink signatures, and the quiet tension of a courtroom gallery.
Judicial Vocabulary
Synonyms
Members are 5–9 letters; first letters A, C, L.
LEGAL TERMS
One is ACTION.
ACTION · CLAIM · COMPLAINT · LAWSUIT
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Blue group
A park performer dropping a prop, the rhythm of three objects in the air, and the crowd watching the arc.
Circus Arts
Commonly manipulated objects
Members are 4–7 letters; first letters B, C, R, T.
THINGS A JUGGLER JUGGLES
One is BEANBAG.
BEANBAG · CLUB · RING · TORCH
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Violet group
Folding a sweater into a suitcase or checking the tag on a coat before heading into the rain.
Linguistic compounds
Suffix-based wordplay
Members are 7–8 letters; first letters F, G, T, W.
WORDS ENDING IN CLOTHING
One is FOXGLOVE.
FOXGLOVE · GUMSHOE · TURNCOAT · WINDSOCK