This is the solution to New York Times Connections puzzle #520, published Tuesday, November 12, 2024—not a puzzle issued today. Start with the gentle hints below and stop before the spoiler section if you want to finish the grid yourself.
Hints for Connections #520
Try grouping words by how they are used or what they evoke. Some have more than one plausible meaning, so consider whether a word fits as an action or description rather than as a familiar object.
- Yellow: Four words can mean to complain.
- Green: Think of parts or units associated with vegetables, not four whole vegetables.
- Blue: These are specifications you might see for a laptop.
- Purple: These items appear in conventional depictions of justice personified.
Category names
Spoiler warning: The category labels below reveal the answers’ themes.
- Yellow: Complain
- Green: Vegetable units
- Blue: Laptop specs
- Purple: Features of justice personified
Full Connections #520 answers
Full spoilers: The complete word groups follow.
- Yellow — Complain: BELLYACHE, CARP, CRAB, GRUMBLE.
- Green — Vegetable units: CLOVE, FLORET, SPEAR, STALK.
- Blue — Laptop specs: RAM, RESOLUTION, SPEED, STORAGE.
- Purple — Features of justice personified: BLINDFOLD, ROBE, SCALES, SWORD.
Why the grid can be tricky
CARP and CRAB both fit the complaint group, although each also has a familiar alternate meaning. The green group is about vegetable-related units: a clove, floret, spear, or stalk is a part or unit, rather than a whole vegetable. RAM, RESOLUTION, SPEED, and STORAGE read as laptop specifications, while the final four words evoke traditional imagery of justice personified. These are the reported answer groups; no official explanation of the constructor’s intended reasoning is established by the cited answer guides.
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TechRadar and Forbes both identify these answers as puzzle #520 from November 12, 2024. That date and number matter for a historical answer: a matching headline by itself can point to a different or misindexed puzzle. TechRadar’s November 12, 2024 answer guide and Forbes’ guide to game #520 report the same grid and groups.
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