Issue #804 Wed 16 Jul
Connections hints — July 16, 2025
Today's grid offers a steady progression, balancing straightforward associations with a few entries that demand a second look. Expect a clean separation between the literal and the linguistic as you move through the rows.
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Yellow group
Where the lawnmower lives, where the mail piles up, where the kids hide.
Institutional spaces
Direct synonyms
Members are 4–9 letters; first letters C, D, L, Q.
PARTS OF A COLLEGE CAMPUS
One is CAFETERIA.
CAFETERIA · DORM · LIBRARY · QUAD
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Green group
The actor who refuses to leave the stage, even after the lights have dimmed.
Performance descriptors
Thematic synonyms
Members are 4–8 letters; first letters C, D, H, O.
EXAGGERATED, AS A PERFORMANCE
One is CAMP.
CAMP · DRAMATIC · HAMMY · OVERDONE
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Blue group
You take the same route home and a single door is open that's never open.
Positional verbs
Synonyms for containment
Members are 4–8 letters; first letters C, S, T.
CLOSE IN ON
One is CORNER.
CORNER · SURROUND · TRAP · TREE
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Violet group
Look at a rooster. Look closely.
Linguistic fragments
Truncated words
Members are 3–4 letters; first letters B, D, L, T.
STARTS OF GREEK LETTERS
One is BET.
BET · DELT · LAMB · THE