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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a colorful one, and if you take that as a hint, you should do well. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it free online.

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Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Color of bananas.

Green group hint: Fans own the team.

Blue group hint: North Carolina educational institution.

Purple group hint: Royal color.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Things that are yellow.

Green group: Associated with the Green Bay Packers.

Blue group: Associated with the Duke Blue Devils. 

Purple group: Teams that wear purple.

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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is things that are yellow. The four answers are foul pole, Georgia Tech, softball and Tour de France leader.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is associated with the Green Bay Packers. The four answers are cheesehead, Frozen Tundra, Lambeau and Titletown.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is associated with the Duke Blue Devils. The four answers are Cameron, Krzyzewskiville, The Shot and Tobacco Road.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is teams that wear purple. The four answers are Northwestern, Ravens, Rockies and Vikings.

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Today’s NYT Strands puzzle could be tough. Some of the answers are long and difficult to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. 

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: I just know…

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Mental powers.

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

• HIDE, SIDE, MICE, DICE, CAUL, CARE, CARET, CAPE, TAPE, RICE

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:

• MEDIUM, ORACLE, PSYCHIC, TELEPATH, CLAIRVOYANT

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is SIXTHSENSE. To find it, start with the S that is the farthest-left letter on the top row, and wind down.

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