Today’s Tips, NYT Connections Answers for December 25, #563

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The New York Times Connections Puzzle decided to throw us a juicy herring. There are four names of Santa’s reindeer in the puzzle, but if you thought they would be grouped together, ha, you’re underestimating the complexity of these puzzles. They each fit into a different category, none of which include the big man in the red suit and his sled. Read on for today’s Connections tips and answers.

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Tips for today’s Connections groups

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

Yellow Group Tip: up in the sky.

Green Group Tip: Bow and arrow.

Blue Group Tip: Doe, deer.

Purple Group Tip: Belushi was one.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Celestial objects.

Green Group: Sagittarius.

Blue Group: Female animals.

Purple group: SNL cast members.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s links

The subject is celestial bodies. The four answers are comet, moon, planet and star.

The green words in today’s relationships

The theme is shooters. The four answers are Cupid, Hawkeye, Robin Hood, and Sagittarius.

The blue words in today’s relationships

The theme is female animals. The four answers are jenny, nanny, queen and vixen.

Purple words in today’s relationships

The subject is the members of SNL. The four answers are Fay, Rudolph, Shannon and Strong.