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Issue #924 Sun 21 Dec

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — December 21, 2025

A steady, rhythmic grid that rewards close attention to common nouns. Today's puzzle offers a few crisp overlaps that may temporarily stall your progress.

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  1. Reveal the yellow group
    FEATURES OF A TEAPOT

    HANDLE · LID · SPOUT · STRAINER

  2. Reveal the green group
    LIBRARY SECTIONS

    CIRCULATION · PERIODICALS · REFERENCE · STACKS

  3. Reveal the blue group
    ARISE

    EMERGE · FLOW · ISSUE · RESULT

  4. Reveal the violet group
    ___DROP

    AIR · EAVES · GUM · RAIN

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