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The Sandbox Games
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Puzzle #1041
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:

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Groupings by me. Didn’t get purple rationale before reveal, though wife came somewhat close with “things with Gin, like Gin & Tonic, but no idea what Stormy or Tan fit.

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:swear: don’t seem to be able to edit Spoilers, so expanding here We still don’t know what drink names are Stormy and Tan. I presume it’s Scotch and Soda not Gin and Soda

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Black & Tan, don’t know Stormy of the top of my head. Was hoping it was a presidential troll. ETA a Dark & Stormy - like a black and tan visually, but dark rum and ginger beer - Bermudan in origin. No indication it is a reinsurance play.

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Dark and Stormy is one of my favorite drinks, though a bartender friend told me that Myers trademarked the name so I couldn’t legally use the name with my Kirkland brand (fine with me, still a good quality dark rum for a reasonable price).

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Connections
Puzzle #1041
: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:

As a musical guy I kept looking for the “dominant, tonic and pedal” tones, but without seeing a 4th option I found the solution.

Connections: Sports Edition
My stats are in! I had 0 mistakes on puzzle #571. Average mistakes: 2.4
:purple_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle:
:green_circle::green_circle::green_circle::green_circle:
:blue_circle::blue_circle::blue_circle::blue_circle:
:yellow_circle::yellow_circle::yellow_circle::yellow_circle:
Play the puzzle: Connections: Sports Edition - Group sports terms that share a common thread - The Athletic

Just missed the double reverse - figured that more Americans would know about famous baseball players than soccer terms - I’d never heard of the target man, and I figured that #9 would only be used by the New England Revolution.

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Connections
Puzzle #1041
: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:

Connections: Sports Edition
My stats are in! I solved puzzle #571 in 00:33. Average time: 02:21
:blue_circle::blue_circle::blue_circle::blue_circle:
:purple_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle:
:yellow_circle::yellow_circle::yellow_circle::yellow_circle:
:green_circle::green_circle::green_circle::green_circle:

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Connections
Puzzle #1041
: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:

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Connections
Puzzle #1042
:purple_square::green_square::purple_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:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:

Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #572
:yellow_circle::yellow_circle::yellow_circle::yellow_circle:
:green_circle::green_circle::green_circle::green_circle:
:purple_circle::blue_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle:
:purple_circle::blue_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle:
:purple_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle:
:blue_circle::blue_circle::blue_circle::blue_circle:
Play the puzzle: Connections: Sports Edition - Group sports terms that share a common thread - The Athletic

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Connections
Puzzle #1042
: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 #1042
: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:

In a rarity for me, got all 4 before entering any, but got order quite wrong for the reverse.

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Connections
Puzzle #1042
: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:

What a stupid puzzle.

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Connections
Puzzle #1042
: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:

Agree purple especially was silly.
Does anybody else have the problem that long words get cut off in their little boxes? I couldn’t even see the first and last letters of those long ones.

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Puzzle #1042
: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:

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Puzzle #1043
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::purple_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

Connections: Sports Edition
My stats are in! I had 2 mistakes on puzzle #573. Average mistakes: 3.1
:yellow_circle::yellow_circle::yellow_circle::yellow_circle:
:purple_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle:
:blue_circle::green_circle::blue_circle::blue_circle:
:green_circle::blue_circle::blue_circle::blue_circle:
:blue_circle::blue_circle::blue_circle::blue_circle:
:green_circle::green_circle::green_circle::green_circle:
Play the puzzle: Connections: Sports Edition - Group sports terms that share a common thread - The Athletic

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Not fitting long words is an app bug that is more common if you use larger type sizes bc the NYT apparently doesn’t test for accessibility well

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I don’t have that issue

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Connections
Puzzle #1043
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

Never heard ARCH used to mean cheeky. Never played TX Hold’em :melting_face:

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Connections
Puzzle #1043
: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:

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Connections
Puzzle #1043
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::yellow_square::purple_square::yellow_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: