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Monday, September 25, 2023

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — September 25, 2023

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Word grid

All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.

BLACK
BOOK
BOUQUET
CAKE
COAT
COVER
CRUST
FROST
GRAM
IN
MA
RING
SPARROW
TRAIN
TUBE
VEIL
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Themes

The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.

BRIDAL ACCESSORIESStraightforward
“C” WORDS FOR “ENVELOP”Moderate
JACKSTricky
SOCIAL MEDIA APP ENDINGSDevious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

BRIDAL ACCESSORIESStraightforward
THINGS YOU MIGHT SEE AT A WEDDING CEREMONY ON THE BRIDE+ 3 more…
“C” WORDS FOR “ENVELOP”Moderate
WORDS MEANING TO COVER OR ENVELOP SOMETHING, ALL STARTING WITH C+ 3 more…
JACKSTricky
FAMOUS PEOPLE OR CHARACTERS WITH THE LAST NAME JACK OR FIRST NAME JACK... ACTUALLY, 'JACK ___'+ 3 more…
SOCIAL MEDIA APP ENDINGSDevious
ATTACH ONE OF THESE TO A SOCIAL NETWORK'S NAME TO COMPLETE THE APP+ 3 more…
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Full solution
BRIDAL ACCESSORIESStraightforward
BOUQUET,RING,TRAIN,VEIL

BOUQUET, RING, TRAIN, and VEIL are all traditional accessories or elements associated with a bride on her wedding day.

“C” WORDS FOR “ENVELOP”Moderate
CAKE,COAT,COVER,CRUST

CAKE, COAT, COVER, and CRUST are all words starting with 'C' that mean to envelop or cover something (e.g., cake in chocolate, coat with paint, cover a surface, crust over).

JACKSTricky
BLACK,FROST,MA,SPARROW

BLACK JACK, FROST JACK (Jack Frost), MA JACK (Ma Jack — Cracker Jack? No: Jack Black, Jack Frost, Jack Ma, Jack Sparrow) — these are all famous 'Jack ___' or '___ Jack' figures: Jack Black, Jack Frost, Jack Ma, Jack Sparrow.

SOCIAL MEDIA APP ENDINGSDevious
BOOK,GRAM,IN,TUBE

BOOK (Face+book), GRAM (Insta+gram), IN (LinkedI+n / Link+ed+In), and TUBE (You+Tube) are all endings of popular social media platform names.

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