Today’s NEWS Connections: Sports Edition Tips Answers for December 24 #92

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Connections: Sports Edition was a fun one today. But hey, the blue category. For a fan of a team that has never won a Super Bowl (Skol, Vikings!), I felt that description. The other categories were fun and I took them less personally. (Though I didn’t know the real meaning of “Knickerbocker.”) Read on for the hints and answers to today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle.

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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: Banknotes and coins.

Green group tip: A classic baseball field.

Blue group tip: The Vikings are another.

Purple group tip: Teams with names that describe natives.

Answers to today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow Group: Money.

Green group: Fastball.

Blue group: Teams without a Super Bowl winner.

Purple group: Teams whose nicknames are demonyms.

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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

Today’s puzzle had a few pictures, so here is the puzzle.

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What the Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for December 24, 2024 looked like before it was played.

NEWS/Screenshot by CNET

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The complete NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for December 24, 2024.

NEWS/Screenshot by CNET

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is money. The four answers are bank, bread, coin and dough.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is fastball. The four answers are cheese, gas, heat and lobster.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is teams without a Super Bowl win. The four answers are Jaguars, Lions, Panthers and Titans.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is teams whose nicknames are demonyms. The four answers are the Canadiens, Hoosiers, Knicks and Texans.