Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for March 13 #536

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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a real mix of topics, and the blue might make you hungry. If you’re having trouble solving today’s riddle but still want to solve it, read on for tips and answers.

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Tips for Connections Groups: Sports Today’s Edition

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

Yellow group index: Decorations.

Green group index: University Sports Division.

Blue group index: Yum!

Purple group index: The CEO of Apple also has this first name.

Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition

Yellow group: Things that fans hang on their walls.

Green group: A Big East athlete.

Blue group: Food, but make it baseball.

Purple group: Tim.

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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is things fans hang on their walls. The four answers are banner, flag, pennant and poster.

Green words in today’s Connections

The theme is a Big East athlete. The four answers are Friar, Hoya, Husky and Pirate.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is food, but make it baseball. The four answers are a can of corn, a meatball, a pickle, and a tater tot.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is Tim. The four answers are Duncan, Raines, Salmon and Tebow.