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NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle #318 is the archived puzzle for Thursday, August 7, 2025—not today’s daily game. Try the hints in order below, and stop before the spoiler section if you want to solve it yourself.
Hints for Connections Sports Edition #318
Parade’s August 7, 2025 guide gives these clues from least to most revealing:
- Yellow: “Let’s work out.”
- Green: “Goal!”
- Blue: “Signal-callers from a certain team.”
- Purple: “Promising football players, 7 years ago.”
The clues are transcribed from Parade’s guide to the August 7 puzzle.
Spoilers: category labels and answers
Stop here if you have not finished the puzzle. The category labels and their four answers are listed below as Parade reported them.
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Variety Puzzles/Game Books Assorted
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EXERCIZE CLASSES
PILATES, SPIN, YOGA, ZUMBA
MLS TEAMS
CREW, RAPIDS, REVOLUTION, WHITECAPS
BALTIMORE RAVENS QUARTERBACKS, PAST AND PRESENT
DILFER, FLACCO, JACKSON, MCNAIR
FIRST-ROUND QUARTERBACKS IN 2018
ALLEN, DARNOLD, MAYFIELD, ROSEN
How the puzzle works
Parade describes Connections Sports Edition as a daily puzzle with 16 words to sort into four groups. It attributes the NYT instruction as “group sports terms that share a common thread.” That description is reported by Parade; the official NYT game page was not independently accessible for verification.
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