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NYT ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers for Saturday, December 28
By Kris Holt
**SOLUTION**
Back-to-back perfect games have boosted my overall streak to six wins. Here’s how I fared: 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦
This week, our solver sidestepped potential red herrings and focused on connections that were hidden in plain sight. We’ll review the game together.
**BLUE GROUP**
The yellows stood out like a sore thumb, so I got those first. Easy peasy. The greens were up next. I was pretty sure about three of them. Although I didn’t know what AEGIS was (it’s an animal skin or shield mentioned in Homer’s Iliad), it seemed to be the only word that made sense with the others.
However, as our solver looked at the remaining words more closely, they noticed that four of them started with his, hers, its, and mine. Those had to be the purples. They didn’t put much thought into figuring out the connection between the blues, but it all made sense once they saw the answer pop up.
The purples include HERSHEY (kick the HABIT), HISTAMINE, ITSYS (itsy), and MINEFIELD. The connection is that these words can be paired with “kick,” as in kick the habit, kick a minefield, kick an itchy spot (it’s itsy!), or buy Hershey’s.
**PURPLE GROUP**
The purples are proverbial things to kick:
* KICK THE TIRES: Research before buying something
* KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD: Delay dealing with a problem until later
* KICK THE HORNET’S NEST: Stir up trouble or cause controversy
* KICK THE HABIT: Give up something harmful that you’ve done for a long time
The connection between the blues is that these words can be paired with “kick,” as in kick a habit, kick a minefield, kick an itchy spot (it’s itsy!), or buy Hershey’s.
**GOLDEN FLEECE**
In conclusion, I don’t remember the last time I heard this, but after seeing NO SWEAT on the grid, the Inner Circle song “Sweat (A La La La La Long)” got firmly lodged in my head.
Source: http://www.forbes.com
