Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for March 11 #1004

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Once I spotted “ice” and “traffic” in today’s NYT Connections puzzle, the blue category was almost filled. But this purple category was even weirder than usual. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

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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: Bring that back!

Green group index: Fantasy ____.

Blue group index: Think of a certain shape.

Purple group index: It seems…

Answers for Today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Fly.

Green group: Make it more pleasant, with “up”.

Blue group: Kinds of cones.

Purple group: Homophone pronouns.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is flight. The four responses are raise, palm, pinch and pocket.

Green words in today’s Connections

The theme is made prettier, with “up”. The four answers are sartorial, jazz, spiff and spruce.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is kinds of cones. The four answers are ice, pine, snow and traffic.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is pronoun homophones. The four answers are hee, mi, yes and if.