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Hey there, Connectors! Welcome to the weekend! I hope it’s a wonderful one for you.
It’s provincial election time here in Quebec and I will be glad to see the back of the rotten party that’s been governing for the last eight years and running the province into the ground. The party that’s likely to be voted in is a bit more centrist. They can’t possibly be much worse, but I’m still hoping they fall short of a majority.
Alas, the party I’m voting for is only polling at around 10% as I write this. We should find out the results on Monday.
(Sorry to those who prefer the more lighthearted intros!)
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Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, October 3 are coming right up.
What Are Today’s Connections Hints?
Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.
Today’s 16 words are...
WHITNEY HOUSTON
LINDA HAMILTON
RIVER PHOENIX
JOHN DENVER
GETTY IMAGES
ELBOW GREASE
CAN OPENER
SOMETHING WICKED
FAT CATS
HEAD WAITER
MERV GRIFFIN
BROAD BEAN
NY GIANT
MET HALFWAY
W.C. FIELDS
DIET SPRITE
The level one hints for today’s Connections groups are:
🟨 Yellow group — sometimes, when you've gotta go, you've gotta go immediately
🟩 Green group — stage exit
🟦 Blue group — there's a fine art to coming up with these hints*
🟪 Purple group — found in fiction, often at the climax
One Word For Each Connections Group
Be warned: we’re really starting to get into spoiler territory.
Let’s take a look at one word for each group.
Today’s Connections word hints are…
🟨 Yellow group — HEAD WAITER
🟩 Green group — SOMETHING WICKED
🟦 Blue group — MET HALFWAY
🟪 Purple group — DIET SPRITE
What Are Today’s Connections Groups?
Need some extra help?
Today’s Connections groups are...
🟨 Yellow group — starting with terms for "toilet"
🟩 Green group — ending in musicals
🟦 Blue group — starting with U.S. museums
🟪 Purple group — ending in fantasy characters
What Are Today’s Connections Answers?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.
This is your final warning!
Today’s Connections answers are...
🟨 Yellow group — starting with terms for "toilet" (CAN OPENER, HEAD WAITER, JOHN DENVER, W.C. FIELDS)
🟩 Green group — ending in musicals (ELBOW GREASE, FAT CATS, LINDA HAMILTON, SOMETHING WICKED)
🟦 Blue group — starting with U.S. museums (BROAD BEAN, GETTY IMAGES, MET HALFWAY, WHITNEY MUSEUM)
🟪 Purple group — ending in fantasy characters (DIET SPRITE, MERV GRIFFIN, NY GIANT, RIVER PHOENIX)
Oh, goodness. I would definitely have put together an Answers Explained if this game had fallen on a weekday. However, once I got into the swing of it, I felt that this wasn't too difficult of a game. I imagine some of you will not enjoy this one, though.
FAT CATS and SOMETHING WICKED were my entry points into the greens. W.C. FIELDS had to be a toilet reference, so that led me toward the yellows. The phrase "gonna hit the head" was the only reason I figured out that HEAD WAITER belonged there.
I saw that RIVER PHOENIX and MERV GRIFFIN ended with mythological beasts, so that opened up the purples. After that, I realized three of the remaining phrases started with museums. I wasn't familiar with The Broad until now.
I'm very glad that my winning streak now sits at 580 games.
How did you get on this time? Here's my grid:
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*And I don't always get it quite right!
That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to subscribe to my newsletter for hints and the solution for Sunday’s game if you need them.
P.S. Here's a song the YouTube algorithm recommended to me that I quite enjoyed. "Time Will Make You Change" by Enola is an atmospheric, melancholic track that's helping me get into the fall spirit:
Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!
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