Today’s NYT Connections Answers Explained

Connections – Yellow Group

🟨 seen outside a theater (BOX OFFICE, MARQUEE, TICKET LINE, VELVET ROPE)

I thought at first that this was a reference to movie theater, but a VELVET ROPE isn’t something you’d always see outside one of those (unless, perhaps, it was hosting a premiere). So it makes more sense that this group refers to a theater where one might see a Broadway show.

Connections – Green Group

🟩 accessories for a magician (CAPE, HANDKERCHIEF, MAGIC WAND, RABBIT)

RABBIT refers to the stereotypical magic trick of pulling a bunny out of a hat. A magician might also wear a CAPE and use HANDKERCHIEFs in their performance.

Connections – Blue Group

🟦 TV show title surnames (HOUSE, LASSO, MONTANA, SOPRANO)

These refer to:

• HOUSE > um, House
• LASSO > Ted Lasso
• MONTANA > Hannah Montana
• SOPRANO > The Sopranos

Connections – Purple Group

🟪 they have caps (BASEBALL PLAYER, CAMERA LENS, MUSHROOM, PEN)

I’m annoyed I didn’t get this. because I’ve been getting into baseball lately. BASEBALL PLAYERs wear caps on their heads! It’s, like, the first thing you notice about them in close-up shots.

A photographer will typically use a cap to protect a CAMERA LENS when it’s not in use. Similarly, you might place a cap over the nib of a PEN to help stop it from drying out once you’re done using it. A cap is also the name for the wider part at a top of a MUSHROOM.

Connections – Red Herrings

I thought LASSO, MAGIC WAND, PEN and CAMERA LENS are all things you can see in Adobe Photoshop, and that cost me a mistake in today’s game. I might be mistaken there, in hindsight, since I’m not absolutely sure a CAMERA LENS is a feature in that app.

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