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This was trickier for me than others it seems:

Connections
Puzzle #999
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::blue_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::purple_square::purple_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

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I saw a category today that I thought might be purple, and I thought I should try it to possibly get a reverse rainbow, but I couldn’t find a fourth answer so I moved on to look for other answers. Then I solved yellow and blue, and then I noticed a fourth answer for what I had originally looked for, by which time I knew it was a red herring. That helped me get green and purple.

So I’ve been looking here to see if anyone fell for the red herring.

POUND, LAYER, MARBLE, SPONGE

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I did. And i was pretty sure it was a red herring due to the placement (the four in the upper left corner.) But knowing those were likely separate was helpful.

Connections
Puzzle #999
:yellow_square::purple_square::blue_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

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Technically, the hash symbol and the musical sharp sign are different. (# vs. ♯)

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Same here.

Connections
Puzzle #999
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:

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Saturday! And it’s not as wacky as I feared, but it has its quirks.

Puzzle #1000​:tada:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

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The cake is a lie.

But I avoided it by getting yellow first.

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Connections
Puzzle #1000​:tada:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

Purple was leftovers.

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Just wanted to share because it’s 1000 and it has the festive emoji.

Connections
Puzzle #1000​:tada:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

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Yeah! Reverse rainbow for 1000th!

Connections
Puzzle #1000
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:

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Connections
Puzzle #1000​:tada:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

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Connections
Puzzle #1000​:tada:
:blue_square::green_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::green_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

I was going for “house” instead of “castle”. I saw green first, but didn’t believe they would do that. I kinda guessed it by way of giving up. :laughing: Once those were cleared away, the other two categories became obvious.

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They’ve done things like green before.

I started with the red herring, because even though I was almost sure it was the red herring, I figured, hey, maybe they actually would do that for the thousandth.

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Very straightforward. Too busy to try the reverse rainbow.

Connections
Puzzle #1000​:tada:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

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Connections
Puzzle #1000​:tada:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
Misjudged two pairs. Appropriate.

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Sunday! And I did not figure out Purple. I think there was a red herring about tennis players, but I don’t know anything about them.

Puzzle #1001
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

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Connections
Puzzle #1001
:purple_square::green_square::yellow_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

Started out badly, falling for the red herring

tennis players

then thought I was wrong on green because there were actually 5 possible answers.

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Connections SUNDAY
Puzzle #1001
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
Easy enough, PURPLE especially, although I only saw the GREEN connection at the end.

I only see the four that fit the connection.

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I used NADAL instead of ROTATOR.

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Because apparently I am an absolute idiot and just realized it.