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Hints for Connections #688
Use these clues from broad to more revealing:
- One group is made up of mixtures or materials used in cooking.
- One group names things you might see on a dinner-party table.
- One group contains things people can climb.
- One group uses different meanings of the word “diamond.”
Answers for April 29, 2025
Spoiler warning: The four groups and all sixteen answers appear below.
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Cooking concoctions | BATTER, DOUGH, MIXTURE, PASTE |
| Green | Seen on a table at a dinner party | CANDLESTICK, PITCHER, PLACEMAT, PLATE |
| Blue | Things to climb | LADDER, MOUNTAIN, ROPE, TREE |
| Purple | What “diamond” can refer to | GEMSTONE, INFIELD, RHOMBUS, SUIT |
Why the purple group is tricky
“Diamond” has several distinct meanings here: a gemstone, a baseball infield, a rhombus shape, and a suit in a deck of cards. The answer guide identifies these four as the purple set.
Puzzle identification
Parade identifies the Tuesday, April 29, 2025 puzzle as #688, and TechRadar’s answer guide lists the four categories and their words. The key here is based on those secondary answer reports; it is not presented as an official NYT archive record.
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- Parade: NYT “Connections” Hints and Answers Today, Tuesday, April 29
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