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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — March 19, 2024

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One word per groupTheme name + one word per category
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Word grid

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

AFFECT
AIRS
BERRY
CAST
CHARADE
FIDDLE
FRONT
GENRE
GUESS
KING
NATURE
PAGE
PLOT
TITLE
WATERS
WIND
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Themes

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

MOVIE SUMMARY INFOStraightforward
PRETENSEModerate
FAMOUS GUITARISTSTricky
SECOND ___Devious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

MOVIE SUMMARY INFOStraightforward
THINGS YOU'D FIND ON A MOVIE'S INFO PAGE+ 3 more…
PRETENSEModerate
WORDS MEANING FAKE BEHAVIOR OR FALSE APPEARANCE+ 3 more…
FAMOUS GUITARISTSTricky
LAST NAMES OF LEGENDARY ROCK AND BLUES GUITARISTS+ 3 more…
SECOND ___Devious
WORDS THAT FOLLOW 'SECOND' TO MAKE A COMMON PHRASE+ 3 more…
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Full solution
MOVIE SUMMARY INFOStraightforward
CAST,GENRE,PLOT,TITLE

CAST, GENRE, PLOT, and TITLE are all standard pieces of information used to summarize or describe a movie.

PRETENSEModerate
AFFECT,AIRS,CHARADE,FRONT

AFFECT, AIRS, CHARADE, and FRONT all mean putting on a false show or pretending to be something you're not.

FAMOUS GUITARISTSTricky
BERRY,KING,PAGE,WATERS

Chuck BERRY, B.B. KING, Jimmy PAGE, and Roger WATERS (Pink Floyd) are all iconic guitarists in rock and blues history.

SECOND ___Devious
FIDDLE,GUESS,NATURE,WIND

FIDDLE, GUESS, NATURE, and WIND all follow 'SECOND' to form familiar phrases: second fiddle, second-guess, second nature, second wind.

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