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The Sandbox Games
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Puzzle #1163
: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:

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Puzzle #1163
: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:

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Puzzle #1163
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

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Puzzle #1164
: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:

​Connections: Sports Edition #694
:yellow_circle::yellow_circle::yellow_circle::yellow_circle:
:green_circle::green_circle::green_circle::green_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 #1164
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

With major help from wife. I got yellows and purple rationale, but needed her to identify 2 purples. Then I got the last two. Even got the green rationale. Wife’s comment about the green rationale “That’s stupid” is accurate

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Puzzle #1164
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

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Puzzle #1164
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::purple_square::blue_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:

Agree with the Whites on the G - I didn’t even notice. I only knew about the Flies mascot from doing the Sports version, and even then I wasn’t sure if his name was Gritty or Grainy. I knew he was orange so that’s why I had a strike. Fortunately I correctly put orangutan in that place.

​Connections: Sports Edition #694
Average mistakes today: 1.3
:purple_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle:
:blue_circle::blue_circle::blue_circle::blue_circle:
:green_circle::green_circle::green_circle::green_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

Very easy one as you could see from the average guesses. P was way too easy - a bit surprised it came up that way but at that point getting the reverse was a slam dunk

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Puzzle #1164
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

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Puzzle #1165
: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:

​Connections: Sports Edition #695
:green_circle::green_circle::green_circle::green_circle:
:blue_circle::yellow_circle::yellow_circle::yellow_circle:
:yellow_circle::yellow_circle::yellow_circle::yellow_circle:
:blue_circle::purple_circle::blue_circle::purple_circle:
:blue_circle::blue_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle:
:purple_circle::blue_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle:
Play the puzzle: Connections: Sports Edition - Group sports terms that share a common thread - The Athletic

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.Funny thing sbout Gritty was there were two recent references I had seen, before which I hadn’t known him (it?). One was a Learned league Q, the other was 1st episode of the new season of Reacher.

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Puzzle #1165
: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 #1165
: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:

Didn’t get purple

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Puzzle #1165
: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:

Hate the new red and white format

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Agree on the format hate.

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Spoiler alert for other NYT Puzzles

I’m guessing the red and white squares are a 1-time thing to be a picnic blanket, given all the picnic-related words here. Strands and Wordle also have food-related themes going on.

Connections
Puzzle #1165
: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:

Didn’t get P hadn’t heard of Rio or Soul and took me a while to get B. The rest was a “piece of cake”

​Connections: Sports Edition #695
Today’s solve rate: 53%
: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:
:yellow_circle::yellow_circle::yellow_circle::yellow_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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Puzzle #1166
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::green_square::purple_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

​Connections: Sports Edition #696
Average mistakes today: 2.5
:green_circle::green_circle::green_circle::green_circle:
:blue_circle::blue_circle::blue_circle::blue_circle:
:purple_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle::yellow_circle:
:purple_circle::yellow_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle:
:purple_circle::yellow_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle:
:purple_circle::purple_circle::purple_circle::purple_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

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Connections
Puzzle #1166
: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 #1166
: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:

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Puzzle #1166
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

So glad those reds are gone.

Good chance I would have gotten it on my own, but major help from wife. She got the purples after I just had greens. But I already had proposed the green and blue rationales, without being sure that DIAVOLA and OKINA fit with either

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I had no idea what 'okina meant, but eat enough that diavola wasn’t a problem