Issue #688 Wed 26 Mar
Connections hints — March 26, 2025
Today's grid presents a standard quartet of categories, balancing direct associations against a few instances of wordplay that require a second look at the letters themselves. Expect a steady, methodical pace.
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Yellow group
The folded linen, the clinking of silver against ceramic, and the quiet shift of a chair before the first course arrives.
Domestic environments
Synonyms for items within a specific set
Members are 4–6 letters; first letters F, G, N, P.
PARTS OF A TABLE SETTING
One is FORK.
FORK · GLASS · NAPKIN · PLATE
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Green group
Watching the mercury move in the thermometer or the sudden jump in a line graph as the data points climb.
Vertical movement
Verbs sharing a common phrasal suffix
Members are 4–6 letters; first letters F, R, S, T.
INCREASED, WITH “UP”
One is FLEW.
FLEW · ROSE · SHOT · THRUST
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Blue group
The small square you slide into a camera or the icon on your screen where the documents live.
Computing hardware and infrastructure
Synonyms for data retention methods
Members are 4–5 letters; first letters C, D.
KINDS OF DIGITAL STORAGE
One is CARD.
CARD · CLOUD · DISK · DRIVE
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Violet group
A missed measurement in the kitchen or a single character added to an existing noun to change its scale.
Linguistic manipulation
Wordplay involving addition of a letter
Members are 5–7 letters; first letters B, G, P, Q.
UNITS OF VOLUME PLUS LETTER
One is BOUNCE.
BOUNCE · GALLEON · PINOT · QUARTZ