Today’s NYT links: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for March 16 #174

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Links: Sports Edition It offers several fun categories today. I laughed at the Purple category, which combines certain words from science with phrases that have sports meanings. Read about hints and answers.

Links: Sports Edition is already out of beta, debuting Super Bowl SundayFebruary 9th. This is a sign that the game has won enough loyal players, that the athletic subscription -based sports journalism site owned by The Times will continue to publish it. It is not displayed in the NYT Games app, but now it appears in its own Athletic application. Or you can continue playing it for free online.

Read more: NYT Connections: The puzzle of the sports edition comes out of beta

Tips for today’s Links: Sports Edition Groups

Here are four tips for the groups in today’s links: a puzzle of Sports Edition, ranked by the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes quirky) purple group.

Yellow Group Hint: Think about mahomas or brady.

Green group hint: March madness.

Blue Group Hint: Groups of teams.

Purple Group Tip: Science in sports phrases.

Answers to today’s Links: Sports Edition Groups

Yellow group: QB statistics.

Green group: First words from the NCAA tournament.

Blue Group: Baseball League.

Purple group: The periodic mass corresponds to sports.

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What are today’s links: The answers to the sports edition?

The yellow words in today’s relationships

The topic is QB statistics. The four answers are attempts, evaluation, touch and yards.

The green words in today’s relationships

The topic is the first words of the NCAA tournament. The four answers are elite, final, first and sweet.

The blue words in today’s relationships

The topic is the League baseball. The four answers are cactus, grapefruit, international and Pacific coast.

Purple words in today’s relationships

The topic is the periodic mass corresponds to sports. The four answers are a gold medal, a leading runner, Mercury and a silver servant.