Today’s NYT Links: Sports Edition Tips, Answers for January 11, #110

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The purple group in Links: Sports Edition is especially difficult today if you are an American, ie. I’ve heard of some of the clues in this category, but I don’t know them well enough to sort them properly, so today was a tough one for me. Read on for hints and answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle.

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Tips for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

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

Yellow Group Tip: When one team crushes the other.

Green Group Tip: The rifle is one.

Blue Group Tip: Players have become talkers.

Purple Group Tip: Italian league.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: A debacle.

Green Group: Football formations.

Blue Group: NFL TV Analysts.

Purple group: Serie A clubs.

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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s links

The topic is root. The four responses are blow, pull, noise, and walk.

The green words in today’s relationships

The topic is football formations. The four answers are bunch, self, trips, and wanted bone.

The blue words in today’s relationships

The topic is NFL TV Analysts. The four answers are Aikman, Brady, Collinsworth and Romo.

Purple words in today’s relationships

The topic is Serie A clubs. The four answers are Atalanta, Juventus, Lazio and Roma.