It's time for your daily instalment of the NYT's Connections game. If you've not played it before, you're in for a treat. If you have, you'll know what to expect and why it's such great fun.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
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Today's NYT Connections words are…
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What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
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The answers to today's Connections, game #396, are…
The NYT threw a lot of misdirection into today's Connections. Most concerned school – where PRINCIPAL and PASS could easily have fit alongside the actual answers, while STAPLE and KEY could also potentially have played a part. Although when I write it down now, it doesn't seem like the connection was that strong, but at the time I felt a bit confused.
Anyway, after puzzling over it for a while I focused on the FUNDAMENTAL connection, picking ESSENTIAL, KEY, PRINCIPAL and STAPLE. Next, I looked at APPLAUSE and RECORDING and thought of TV studios, then
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