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After a tough few days, Friday’s puzzle was a bit easier.

Puzzle #1118
: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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Connections
Puzzle #1117
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::purple_square::yellow_square::yellow_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:

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One dumb mistake otherwise not too bad.

Connections
Puzzle #1117
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

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Can someone explain how gossip is pronounced like “T”; is it a reference to TMZ?

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Connections
Puzzle #1118
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

Almost got tricked by a red herring. Way off on the order, though.

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Gossip is known in slang as “tea”.

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Thaks, @psychobunny. I have never heard that before.

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You may have heard it as the phrase “to spill the tea”.

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Still doesn’t ring a bell. I had that category figured out first, but couldn’t find a fourth answer.

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@Robot_Arm , you obviously don’t do crosswords, because I’ve seen that word with that meaning show up all over the place in them for the past year or so. I’ve only encountered it once in the wild, which is surprising, given that I work in a high school, which should be Ground Zero for slang.

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I used to do normal crosswords, like the New York Times’, fairly often. I started preferring cryptic crosswords several years ago. My favorite constructors retired a while ago and placed their archive online, so I’ve been working my way through those.

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Connections
Puzzle #1118
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:

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Connections
Puzzle #1118
: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:

Pretty straightforward RR.