Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Oct. 17 #389

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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: Say uncle!

Green group index: Layup is another one.

Blue group index: You wear it on your head.

Purple group index: Jack and Jill went up there.

Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition

Yellow group: Give up.

Green group: Basketball shots.

Blue group: Parts of a hat.

Purple group: ____ hill.

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

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is abandonment. The four responses are allow, concede, abandon and yield.

Green words in today’s Connections

The theme is basketball shots. The four responses are dunk, finger roll, hook and jump.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is parts of a hat. The four answers are bill, button, closure and eyelet.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ____ hill. The four answers are Chapel, Chestnut, Grant and Rich.