Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Jan. 1 #935

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Tips for Today’s Connections Groups

Here are four clues for today’s Connections puzzle groupings, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.

Yellow group index: Abracadabra!

Green group index: Husk is another word for it.

Blue group index: Big fan.

Purple group index: No margarine.

Answers for Today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: A little magic.

Green group: Remove the covering.

Blue group: “Passionate” equivalent.

Purple group: Butter ____.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is a bit magical. The four answers are charm, curse, spell and spell.

Green words in today’s Connections

The theme is to remove the coating. The four answers are skin, shell, hull and skin.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is equivalent to “passionate”. The four answers are chamois, head, dog and rat.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ____ butter. The four answers are fingers, fly, nut and tape.

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