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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for April 14, #203
Hints and answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, No. 203, for April 14.

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Connections: Sports Edition features a big mix today, including team names, human names, and simple sports-related words. Read on for hints and the answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online.
Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta
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: Get on the ice.
Green group hint: Not the majors.
Blue group hint: TV talkers.
Purple group hint: Throw it in there.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Hockey equipment
Green group: Triple-A baseball teams.
Blue group: «SportsCenter» anchors.
Purple group:____ pitch.
Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words
What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is hockey equipment. The four answers are gloves, helmet, skates and stick.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is triple-A baseball teams. The four answers are Aces, Chihuahuas, Express and Isotopes.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is «SportsCenter» anchors. The four answers are
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ____ pitch. The four answers are fever, payoff, quick and wild.
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Apple Will Reportedly Give You a Discount on Accessories if You Recycle Your Old Electronics
The Earth Day promotion could net shoppers 10% off a suite of accessories for one month.
Apple is starting an in-store electronics recycling promotion for one month that can net consumers 10% off of Apple accessories, according to a post Tuesday by Mark Gurman of Bloomberg. The maximum discount offered will be $20, and it will be applicable to AirPods, AirTags, Apple Pencils, Apple Watch bands, and MacBook cases and peripherals.
While Apple customers generally benefit from trading in used electronics for store credit, many items are ineligible for this program. Typically, a single device can be traded in for credit toward a new one, and additional iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches and other Apple devices can be exchanged for an Apple gift card. Non-Apple electronics cannot be exchanged for store credit.
The new Earth Day promotion reportedly makes all used electronics — even the otherwise uncompensated non-Apple electronics — viable to trade-in for the $20 Apple accessory discount, which would make this a great time to bring in recyclable electronics you wouldn’t otherwise be rewarded for.
Apple’s trade-in program is offered in-store and online as a clean and easy way to recycle old electronics. While Apple doesn’t give store credit for every item, the company recycles them free of charge. If Apple is offering a discount on its peripherals for trading in non-Apple electronics, it could be using this promotion to bring new customers into its product ecosystem.
Apple rarely discounts its accessories outside of Black Friday events, making this a rare opportunity to score a peripheral for less cash. It is unclear whether this is a US-based promotion or if it will run in Apple Stores internationally. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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EV Sales Increased by More Than 10% in the US Despite Tesla Sales Dropping
The surge in electric-vehicle sales comes at the start of what experts predict will be a volatile year for the market.
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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for April 15, #408
Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 408 for April 15.
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Todays NYT Strands puzzle might be tricky, but it has a fun topic. Get yourself a frosty beverage and solve away. 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.
Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far
Hint for today’s Strands puzzle
Today’s Strands theme is: Draft picks
If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Cheers!
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:
- MICE, POTS, STOP, TOTS, PORE, PORES, TORE, TOTE, TOUT, REGAL, RICE, SORE, RICES.
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’ve got 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:
- BOCK, SOUR, LAGER, NITRO, STOUT, PILSNER
Today’s Strands spangram
Today’s Strands spangram is MICROBREWERY. To find it, start with the M that’s three letters up from the bottom on the far left row, and wind over and up.
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