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Hints for Monday, July 22
Try the category clues first if you want to solve the grid without seeing the full answers:
- Realm of expertise
- Musical instruments
- Used to redirect traffic
- Food ___
For a little more direction, think of an area someone can own, a song, cars being directed, and a restaurant or cooking context.
Answers for Monday, July 22
Each Connections category contains four words. Here are the complete groups:
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- Musical instruments: Fiddle, Horn, Recorder, Triangle
- Used to redirect traffic: Barrier, Cone, Flag, Flare
- Food ___: Chain, Fight, Processor, Pyramid
What to know about this puzzle
This is Monday, July 22, 2024, puzzle #407. Tom’s Guide’s answer guide identifies it as #407 in its headline and opening, but later refers to it as #404; that later number conflicts with the guide’s own identification. The guide also reports a difficulty rating of 3.7 out of 5 from the NYT Connections Companion, not an official New York Times rating. Tom’s Guide’s July 22 answer guide, republished on inkl.
Connections asks players to sort 16 words into four groups of four based on a shared category. The groups are color-coded by difficulty: yellow is the most straightforward, purple the most challenging, with green and blue between them. Plausible red-herring combinations can make the sorting less obvious. Tom’s Guide’s overview of Connections.
Quick Recap
Rank #2
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