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Repair Windows errors before they cause bigger problemsFix Now →Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minuteDriver Scan →NYT Connections game #845, dated October 3, 2025, groups the words around boundaries, spiraling motion, musical songs and meanings of “ED.” Read the clues first; the full group answers are below a spoiler warning.
Hints for the October 3 Connections puzzle
- Where something stops and something else begins.
- Things that twist or spin around a center.
- Famous numbers you might hear on stage in a musical.
- A two-letter cluster that can indicate a job, school, a name or grammar.
These clue-style hints are reported by Parade. TechRadar’s shorter clues were “Outer reaches,” “Shared movement type,” “As heard on Broadway,” and “Can be shrunk to two-letter abbreviation.”
Spoiler warning: full answers below
The four groups and their words are reported by both TechRadar and Parade.
Boundary
BORDER, EDGE, EXTREMITY, LIMIT — each can describe an outer limit or dividing edge.
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They move in a spiral
EDDY, FOOTBALL, TASMANIAN DEVIL, TORNADO — the shared connection is spiraling movement.
Songs from musicals
CABARET, EDELWEISS, MAMMA MIA, MEMORY — each is a song associated with a musical.
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What “ED” might indicate
EDITOR, EDUCATION, EDWARD, PAST TENSE — “ed” can refer to an editor, education or Edward, and can mark past tense.
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This is game #845, the Connections puzzle for October 3, 2025. TechRadar published its guide on October 2, ahead of the puzzle date; Parade’s guide is dated October 3. Both identify #845 and report the same four groups. The official NYT page was not available in the consulted material, so the puzzle identification and answers here rely on those two contemporaneous guides.
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