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Which Connections puzzle is this?
This is NYT Connections #410, published on Thursday, July 25, 2024. The number matters: a July 25 puzzle from another year is a different game.
Spoiler-light hints for Connections #410
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- Yellow: Something people in ancient times could write on.
- Green: Ways to describe the person leading a television program.
- Blue: Inborn or naturally developed ability.
- Purple: Things that can be covered or enclosed in wrapping.
The four groups are about ancient writing surfaces, a lead TV personality, natural ability, and wrapped things.
Connections #410 answers for July 25, 2024
Yellow: Ancient writing surfaces
CLAY, PAPYRUS, PARCHMENT, WAX
These are all materials associated with writing before modern paper became dominant. Ancient writers used clay tablets, papyrus sheets, parchment, and wax tablets or boards. “Wax” is the word most likely to feel broad at first, but wax writing tablets were a real writing medium.
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Green: Lead a television program
ANCHOR, HOST, MODERATE, PRESENT
An anchor or host leads a broadcast, while someone can moderate or present a television program. The last two work as verbs in this group: they describe what the person does rather than serving only as job titles.
Blue: Natural ability
FACULTY, FLAIR, INSTINCT, TALENT
Each word can refer to an ability or aptitude. Flair suggests a distinctive or stylish ability, instinct points to an intuitive capacity, and talent is a natural aptitude. Here, faculty means an inherent mental or physical ability—not a group of teachers at a school.
Purple: Things that can be wrapped
BURRITO, GIFT, MUMMY, SPRAIN
A burrito is wrapped in a tortilla, a gift in paper, and a mummy in bandages. A sprain can also be wrapped or supported with a bandage, brace, or compression wrap. That last answer is the least literal member of the group because the injury itself—not a conventional object—is what gets wrapped.
The biggest Connections #410 traps
PRESENT is the key red herring. As a noun, a present is a gift, so it appears to fit the purple group with GIFT. But in the intended green group, PRESENT is a verb meaning to lead or deliver a program.
FACULTY can also pull you toward a school-related interpretation. In this puzzle it uses the less immediate definition of “faculty”: a natural ability or capacity. Once that meaning is recognized, it fits with FLAIR, INSTINCT, and TALENT.
Full grid for Connections #410
WAX, MUMMY, GIFT, ANCHOR, BURRITO, PRESENT, CLAY, PAPYRUS, SPRAIN, FLAIR, MODERATE, TALENT, INSTINCT, PARCHMENT, HOST, FACULTY
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Frequently Asked Questions
When was NYT Connections #410 published?
Connections #410 was published on July 25, 2024. The puzzle number identifies the 2024 game, even though July 25 occurs in later Connections calendars too.
What were the hardest or most misleading words in Connections #410?
The trickiest answers are likely PRESENT, which belongs with the TV-program group rather than GIFT, and FACULTY, which means an inherent ability in the blue group.
The Bottom Line
The answers to Connections #410, from July 25, 2024, are CLAY, PAPYRUS, PARCHMENT, WAX; ANCHOR, HOST, MODERATE, PRESENT; FACULTY, FLAIR, INSTINCT, TALENT; and BURRITO, GIFT, MUMMY, SPRAIN. Watch for PRESENT as a gift-like red herring and FACULTY in its “natural ability” sense.
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