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A direction for each group — no names given.
What kind of thinking each group asks for.
Pointed nudges on the words built to fool you.
Every Connections board plants a few decoys. Here are today’s, and why they pull you the wrong way.
Could be misinterpreted as a verb or as something related to employment, not as a thick book.
May look like it belongs with math or organizational terms, but here it's part of 'Long Division'.
Seems like a standalone time period, not part of a 'long' phrase, but it pairs with 'long' to describe a break.
OPUS, TOME, VOLUME, and WORK all refer to a substantial written work or book. These synonyms share the idea of a large, important publication.
MONICA (Santa Monica), PAULO (São Paulo), PETERSBURG (St. Petersburg), and SALVADOR (San Salvador) are all city names that drop the 'Saint' prefix in the clue.
DISTANCE, DIVISION, JOHNS, and WEEKEND each pair with 'long' to form common phrases: long distance, long division, Long Johns (underwear), and long weekend.
FRANCI (franc + I), RANDO (rand + O), REALM (real + M), and WONK (won + K) are actual currency names (franc, rand, real, won) with a single extra letter appended to make a new word.
a textbook decoy
requires lateral thinking
Solving the easiest group first reshapes how you read the entire board.
The editors reuse certain misdirection patterns. Learning to spot them saves guesses.
Purple is never what it first appears to be. Six structural patterns explain most of them.
Film titles, band names, and celebrity surnames hide in plain sight.
