NYT Connections Answer (June 26): Salads, Suits, & Sneaky Card Tricks. Check Out Solution

NYT Connections Answers: Another day, another tangled web of words from The New York Times. Thursday's Connections puzzle (#745) is out, and if you’re stuck in a loop of “Suits” and “Sewing” with no idea where to place “Lovelace” or “Pinball,” don’t sweat it — we’ve decoded the themes, teased the traps, and laid out the full answers to help you crack it.

Connections, the daily word game that has grown into a morning ritual for many puzzleheads, tasks players with grouping 16 seemingly unrelated words into four themed clusters. But don’t be fooled — this isn’t your average word match. NYT throws in clever misdirects, thematic curveballs, and enough red herrings to fill an ocean.

Let’s dissect today’s challenge.

Hint Trail: Start with the Salad

If you were circling Lettuce, Cheese, Protein, and Dressing, you’re on the right track. This group is all about what goes into a hearty bowl of salad. That’s your Yellow group — traditionally the easiest — and it lived up to its reputation today.

Next up is Green: machines. No, not just any machine — think old-school and mechanical. The correct set here includes Vending, Pinball, Sewing, and the cryptic Enigma.

TV Courtroom Drama Meets the Blue Tier

The Blue group honed in on legal dramas. If Suits made you think of fashion, it’s time to reconsider. It stands alongside Matlock, Goliath, and Damages — all well-known legal television shows.

This category tripped up many solvers, especially with words like Goliath floating ambiguously in the grid.

Purple Puzzle: It’s All in the Cards

Purple is notorious for being the most difficult category of the bunch — and today was no exception. The clue? Every word ends with something related to playing cards.

That’s right: Bojack, Hawking, Lovelace, and Mcqueen each sneakily finish with card names — Jack, King, Ace, and Queen. This “hidden in plain sight” theme fooled plenty.

Full Answers for NYT Connections #745 (June 26):

  • Yellow (Components of a Salad): Cheese, Dressing, Lettuce, Protein
  • Green (Kinds of Machines): Enigma, Pinball, Sewing, Vending
  • Blue (Legal Dramas): Damages, Goliath, Matlock, Suits
  • Purple (Ending With Playing Cards): Bojack, Hawking, Lovelace, Mcqueen

And remember: "‘Sewing’, ‘suits’, and ‘dressing’ belong to different groups.” That cryptic tip might have helped — or thrown you off more!

If you didn’t get it today, no worries. You’re one step closer to beating tomorrow’s brain-teaser.

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