Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Dec. 25, #563


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The New York Times Connections puzzle decided to throw us a juicy red herring. There are four names of Santa’s reindeer in the puzzle, but if you thought they’d be grouped together, ha, you underestimate the trickiness of these puzzles. Each of them fits in a different category, none of which involve the big red-suited guy and his sleigh. Read on for today’s Connections hints and answers.

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Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Up in the sky.

Green group hint: Bow and arrow.

Blue group hint: Doe, a deer.

Purple group hint: Belushi was one.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Celestial objects.

Green group: Archers.

Blue group: Female animals.

Purple group: S.N.L. cast members.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

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The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Dec. 25, 2024.

NYT/Screenshot by CNET

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is celestial objects. The four answers are comet, moon, planet and star.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is archers. The four answers are Cupid, Hawkeye, Robin Hood and Sagittarius.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is female animals. The four answers are jenny, nanny, queen and vixen.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is S.N.L. cast members. The four answers are Fey, Rudolph, Shannon and Strong.




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