Today’s NYT Connections Answers Explained

Connections – Yellow Group

🟨 salad ingredients (RANCH DRESSING, RED ONION, ROASTED CHICKEN, ROMAINE LETTUCE)

Straightforward enough!

Connections – Green Group

🟩 classic films (RAIN MAN, REAR WINDOW, RESERVOIR DOGS, ROMAN HOLIDAY)

The category title takes care of this one too.

Connections – Blue Group

🟦 The Simpsons characters (RADIOACTIVE MAN, RALPH WIGGUM, REVEREND LOVEJOY, ROD FLANDERS)

RADIOACTIVE MAN is a comic book superhero in the world of The Simpsons. (The band Fall Out Boy was named after his sidekick.)

RALPH WIGGUM is a classmate of Lisa Simpson and the son of police chief Clancy Wiggum. REVEREND LOVEJOY is minister at The First Church of Springfield, while ROD FLANDERS is the son of Ned and a next door neighbor of The Simpsons.

Connections – Purple Group

🟪 ending in NBA players (RAGING BULL, REGINA KING, ROE BUCK, ROTARY CLIPPER)

These refer to:

• RAGING BULL > Chicago Bulls
• REGINA KING > Sacramento Kings
• ROE BUCK > Milwaukee Bucks
• ROTARY CLIPPER > Los Angeles Clippers

REGINA KING is a well-known actor. A ROE BUCK is a male roe deer. A ROTARY CLIPPER is a type of hair clipper.

Connections – Red Herrings

RAGING BULL is also a classic movie and that tripped me up as I was trying to complete the greens. I didn’t spot any other red herrings though – making every box a two-word phrase that starts with “R” was perhaps enough of a gimmick for today.

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