Issue #905 Sat 1 Nov
Connections hints — November 1, 2025
A steady hand is required to navigate these four distinct corners. The grid offers little room for error, rewarding those who can separate shared concepts from their specific contexts.
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Yellow group
A lawyer pacing a quiet office, checking the clock before the morning hearing.
Legal terminology
Synonyms
Members are 3–6 letters; first letters C, F, I, S.
TAKE TO COURT
One is CHARGE.
CHARGE · FILE · INDICT · SUE
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Green group
Look at a crow on a telephone wire against a moonless sky.
Color descriptors
Adjectives
Members are 3–5 letters; first letters I, J, P, R.
BLACK
One is INKY.
INKY · JET · PITCH · RAVEN
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Blue group
You take the same route home and a single door is open that's never open.
Cultural pairs
Member of a duo
Members are 4–6 letters; first letters C, H, T.
SECOND IN A FAMOUS REAL-LIFE DUO
One is CHER.
CHER · CLYDE · HARDY · TELLER
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Violet group
Whatever you set the night before is what gets you up — for better or worse.
Pop culture icons
First name of a pair
Members are 4–5 letters; first letters C, I, P, R.
RODENTS WHO ARE FIRST IN A CARTOON DUO
One is CHIP.
CHIP · ITCHY · PINKY · ROCKY