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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition was a fun one for me, a Minnesotan. 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 for 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: Nicknames for ball clubs.

Green group hint: Bruins.

Blue group hint: Land of 10,000 Lakes.

Purple group hint: Hidden anatomy words.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: MLB teams, colloquially.

Green group: UCLA.

Blue group: Can follow Minnesota.

Purple group: Starts with part of the body.

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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is MLB teams, colloquially. The four answers are D-Backs, Jays, Phils and Sox.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is UCLA. The four answers are Angeles, California, Los and University.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is can follow Minnesota. The four answers are Lynx, United, Vikings and Wild.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is starts with part of the body. The four answers are army, earthquakes, legacy and Liverpool.

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Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: N.B.A. team that plays at M.S.G.
Answer: KNICKS

7A clue: Guy with a nerdy, passionate interest
Answer: FANBOY

8A clue: Rudely merges
Answer: CUTSIN

9A clue: Standard number of bowling pins
Answer: TEN

10A clue: Inflated sense of one’s own importance
Answer: BIGEGO

13A clue: Arrived via airplane
Answer: FLEWIN

14A clue: History-making achievements, perhaps
Answer: FIRSTS

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Colonel Sanders’s fast-food chain
Answer: KFC

2D clue: Spiral-shelled mollusks
Answer: NAUTILI

3D clue: 1, 2 or 3, but not 1.23
Answer: INTEGER

4D clue: «60 Minutes» producer
Answer: CBSNEWS

5D clue: Colorful pond fish
Answer: KOI

6D clue: Thesaurus listing: Abbr.
Answer: SYN

10D clue: Closest pal, for short
Answer: BFF

11D clue: «Go on, ___!» («Scram!»)
Answer: GIT

12D clue: Opposite of offs
Answer: ONS

NASA’s Artemis II mission is nearly complete, and Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are homeward bound on the Orion spacecraft. Now that you’ve watched the flyby livestream (which reportedly was NASA’s most-watched event), are you planning to see the astronauts land back on Earth? You have multiple ways to tune in for live coverage as this historic event comes to a close. 

Orion’s splashdown in the Pacific Ocean will happen Friday evening, and thanks to the ability to watch live programming from the NASA Plus streaming service on Netflix, you can tune in via the streaming service. See below for details on when to watch.

How to watch the Artemis II return landing on Netflix

You can tune into live coverage of the Artemis II splashdown event on Netflix here starting Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. PT). Orion’s reentry and splashdown are expected to occur at approximately 8:07 p.m. ET.

If you want to rewatch the lunar flyby, Netflix has it available to stream as well. 

Watch the Artemis flyby via CNET, HBO Max, Apple TV and more

You can also watch using streaming services such as HBO Max, Prime Video, Peacock, NASA’s YouTube channel and with the NASA apps for Apple TV, Amazon and Roku, which provide access to the NASA Plus streaming service. 

If you need another way to watch the splashdown, check out live coverage here via CNET’s YouTube account.