NYT Connections #1210 for October 3 brings a tricky mix of word beginnings and endings, with todayâs groups hiding links to toilets, musicals, U.S. museums and legendary creatures.
NYT Connections hints for October 3
- Yellow: Think about informal or familiar terms associated with a bathroom fixture.
- Green: Think about famous stage productions and look closely at how each clue ends.
- Blue: Think about well-known museums in the United States and focus on the beginning of each clue.
- Purple: Think about creatures from fantasy, mythology and folklore hiding at the ends of the clues.
Main trap: Todayâs puzzle is heavily built around beginnings and endings rather than the complete meaning of each clue. Several entries are names or familiar two-word phrases, so trying to group them by their obvious definitions can quickly lead you in the wrong direction.
Blue clue: GETTY, MET and WHITNEY should point you toward major U.S. museums. Look for another answer whose beginning can join those three museum names.
Purple clue: SPRITE and GIANT are strong anchors. Instead of thinking about the complete phrases, focus on the fantasy or legendary creature appearing at the end of each one.
Todayâs NYT Connections answers
Reveal the Yellow Group
Category: Starting with terms for âtoiletâ
Answers: CAN OPENER, HEAD WAITER, JOHN DENVER, W.C. FIELDS
Each answer begins with a word that can be used as a term for a toilet: can, head, john and W.C. The full phrases themselves are unrelated, making the shared beginnings the key to spotting the connection.
Reveal the Green Group
Category: Ending in musicals
Answers: ELBOW GREASE, FAT CATS, LINDA HAMILTON, SOMETHING WICKED
The final word of each answer is also the title of a musical: Grease, Cats, Hamilton and Wicked.
The challenge is ignoring the meaning of each full phrase or name and instead concentrating only on its ending.
Reveal the Blue Group
Category: Starting with U.S. museums
Answers: BROAD BEAN, GETTY IMAGES, MET HALFWAY, WHITNEY HOUSTON
Each answer begins with the familiar shortened name of a U.S. museum: Broad, Getty, Met and Whitney.
These refer to prominent American museums, including The Broad, the Getty, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. The recognizable names in the second half of some clues can make this group especially deceptive.
Reveal the Purple Group
Category: Ending in fantasy creatures
Answers: DIET SPRITE, MERV GRIFFIN, NY GIANT, RIVER PHOENIX
Each answer ends with the name of a fantasy or legendary creature: sprite, griffin, giant and phoenix.
This group is tricky because the full clues point toward completely different subjects, including a soft drink, a television personality, a sports team and an actor. Looking only at the final word reveals the hidden connection.
Players can attempt the official daily puzzle and check their results on the New York Times Connections page.
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