Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition tip, answer for December 15 #83

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Connections: Sports Edition have a mix of hard and easy categories every day, but sometimes I get confused about the classification. Purple is always the toughest – at least in regular connections – but today’s purple category feels like it’s easy enough to be a yellow category. See what you think and read on for tips and answers.

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Tips for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four tips 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 tip: Speed.

Green group tip: Lacquer is one.

Blue group tip: Go, birds.

Purple group tip: Rose and Super too.

Answers to today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow Group: Pace.

Green group: NBA team names, in singular form.

Blue group: Eagles QBs.

Purple group: ___ Cheers.

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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is pace. The four responses are cadence, rhythm, speed and tempo.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is NBA team names in the singular. The four answers are Buck, Grizzly, Pelican and Sun.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is Eagles QBs. The four answers are Cunningham, Hurts, McNabb and Wentz.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ____ bowl. The four answers are Alamo, Gator, Liberty and Orange.