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Connections
Puzzle #819
: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:

I actually found this one pretty easy. I thought green was surely yellow, it was so obvious. But yellow followed quickly after that, and then I was able to pick the geometry terms out of what remained.

Never did figure out blue, though. After Times New Roman and Comic Sans I’m pretty much out.

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Here’s my results for Monday’s puzzle. I got rainbow order, though I didn’t determine the Purple category. I have never heard of a cat-tail.

Puzzle #820
: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 #820
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

Straightforward.

@GuanoLad Do you know bulrush? Same thing.

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Connections
Puzzle #820
: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:

I stared at this for the longest time after I got yellow. I had thought of both the green and. Blue answers but wasn’t sure if they all really fit. Never got purple.

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We had a different name for it where I lived. Raupō.

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Connections
Puzzle #820
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_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:

I saw three of the blue right away, but couldn’t figure out the fourth.

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Connections
Puzzle #820
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

The second I saw ARCHER, I was really hoping it was going to be that. Which was why I pretty quickly fingered the other three. Phrasing! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Connections
Puzzle #820
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::green_square::blue_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

Tough one for me. Purple should have been in my wheelhouse, but I didn’t see it. Fell for the red herring too, early on.

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Me too, I saw Peel, Powers, and Archer, but didn’t know the fourth.

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I guess there’s a reason that I never post in a certain forum here. I had no idea about any of those.

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Here I am in Tuesday already. Didn’t figure out Purple’s category (I’ve been having trouble with that a lot lately) but got the rest okay.

Puzzle #821
: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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Still on Monday:

Connections
Puzzle #820
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::green_square::blue_square::purple_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:

The first was a fat-fingered error. I should have seen purple first. I was on the right track, but had to get yellow out of the way to concentrate on some free association with the words I suspected were purple. Blue I only knew two of the four. I had the right association, but I don’t think I would have gotten it except for the fact it was left for last.

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Connections
Puzzle #821
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::blue_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:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Overthought it and couldn’t get green. I suspect this will be easy for most people.

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Connections
Puzzle #821
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::purple_square::blue_square::blue_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:

One mistake on the blue, so went for safer yellow instead. But I was right about what blue was.

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Connections
Puzzle #821
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

Eh.

I forgot to mention this last Friday (Sept 5) but for those who missed it, the top line of that puzzle at the start was HAN SOLO FREE ZING which deserves credit to the puzzlemaker.

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Speaking of previous games, I do wonder why there were two with Christmas-themed categories when it’s only September.

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I think if they had Xmas clues in December, it would be too obvious.

Today’s puzzle.

Connections
Puzzle #821
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_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:

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Connections
Puzzle #821
: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:

This may have been the least time I have ever spent on a Connections puzzle.

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Connections
Puzzle #821
: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:

Meanwhile, I found this the hardest in months. I just wasn’t seeing the connections for some reason. Apparently, it was only a 3/5 difficulty.

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Here we are in Wednesday. One mistake because I have no idea what King Cake is.

Puzzle #822
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square: