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1861

“Aegis” isn’t an Americanism. It’s an Ancient Greece-ism. It’s the name of Athena’s shield. Though it’s come to metaphorically mean protection extended by someone.

I started with the security holes, then with the protections. After that, I wasn’t sure about the gums, but I saw that the rest were all NFL symbols, so I figured it worked. But yeah, that purple category is pretty US-centric.

1862


The Americanisms were the gum brands and NFL teams. Aegis was just a word I didn’t know
.

1863

Connections
Puzzle #841
: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:

OnceI got purple the rest was easy.

1864

Connections
Puzzle #841
: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:

All fairly straightforward.

1865

The Monday red herring got me as well.

1866

What was the red herring?

1867

It was Punk, Bohemian, Flapper and Hipster which are all examples of counter culture.

1868

Connections
Puzzle #841
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_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:

Seeing Bab and Bohemian got me the purple easily, and apart from a confusion over Flapper dresses the rest was easy.

1869

Connections
Puzzle #841
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:

Another in the books.

1870

I’ve never heard of hipster as a type of underwear before.

1871

Connections
Puzzle #841
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:

My cultural blind spot strikes again.

1872

Connections
Puzzle #841
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
: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 jumped out at me immediately, then blue did the same. So I actually decided to try for the reverse rainbow, but guessed wrong. :grin:

1873

Tuesday’s puzzle has a clever theme. I got them in rainbow order, but had no clue what Purple’s category was.

Puzzle #842
: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:

1874

In Monday, I saw three of the four purples immediately, which insulated me from the red herring @Quimby saw (though I still thought it was a category that I couldn’t find the fourth of, until another word was eliminated from it).

When it got down to the last two categories, I had three in each, and had no idea what baba or hipster were in either context.

1875

Aah, yeah, getting the green immediately did save me there.

For today:
Connections
Puzzle #842
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

No real issues, I could see what each category was right away. Thought purple was blue, though.

1876

Connections
Puzzle #842
: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:

Didn’t get purple.

1877

Baba is Baba O’Riley. The song from The Who people think is called Teenage Wasteland.

1878

Didn’t come easy for me today.

Connections
Puzzle #842
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::purple_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

1879

Connections
Puzzle #842
: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:

Once I got WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD out of the way, my brain could focus better on the rest. But I gave up on purple; not sure I ever would have gotten it.

1880

What cartoon bird was Scrooge ? It doesn’t ring a bell.