Issue #886 Fri 3 Oct
Connections hints — October 3, 2025
A steady grid that relies on careful parsing. Today's puzzle demands you look past the obvious definitions and weigh each term against its neighbors.
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Yellow group
Standing on a cliff where the grass stops and the drop begins.
Spatial terminology
Synonyms
Members are 4–9 letters; first letters B, E, L.
BOUNDARY
One is BORDER.
BORDER · EDGE · EXTREMITY · LIMIT
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Green group
Watching a leaf caught in a drain or the way a ball leaves a kicker's foot.
Physics and movement
Descriptive commonality
Members are 4–15 letters; first letters E, F, T.
THEY MOVE IN A SPIRAL
One is EDDY.
EDDY · FOOTBALL · TASMANIAN DEVIL · TORNADO
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Blue group
The quiet hum of the orchestra before the curtain rises.
Musical theater
Proper nouns and titles
Members are 6–9 letters; first letters C, E, M.
SONGS FROM MUSICALS
One is CABARET.
CABARET · EDELWEISS · MAMMA MIA · MEMORY
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Violet group
Opening a letter addressed to someone else, or seeing a name on a payroll.
Linguistic prefixes and abbreviations
Wordplay and usage
Members are 6–10 letters; first letters E, P.
WHAT "ED" MIGHT INDICATE
One is EDITOR.
EDITOR · EDUCATION · EDWARD · PAST TENSE