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NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, April 21 (game #1045)

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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, April 20 (game #1044).

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

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NYT Connections today (game #1045) - today's words

NYT Connections hints for game 1045 on a purple background

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Today's NYT Connections words are…

  • OCTOPUS
  • BREEZE
  • THUNDER
  • MESSENGER
  • MOON
  • SADDLE
  • BULL
  • WALTZ
  • BUNK
  • GOLD
  • НОВО
  • MOSEY
  • BILGE
  • CROSSBODY
  • STROLL
  • BALONEY

NYT Connections today (game #1045) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

  • YELLOW: Walk slowly
  • GREEN: Nonsense chat
  • BLUE: Things you carry
  • PURPLE: 007 beginnings

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #1045) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

  • YELLOW: AMBLE (IN) 
  • GREEN: BALDERDASH
  • BLUE: KINDS OF BAGS
  • PURPLE: STARTS OF ONE-WORD JAMES BOND MOVIE TITLES

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #1045) - the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 1045 on a purple background

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The answers to today's Connections, game #1045, are…

  • YELLOW: AMBLE (IN) BREEZE, MOSEY, STROLL, WALTZ
  • GREEN: BALDERDASH BALONEY, BILGE, BULL, BUNK
  • BLUE: KINDS OF BAGS CROSSBODY, HOBO, MESSENGER, SADDLE
  • PURPLE: STARTS OF ONE-WORD JAMES BOND MOVIE TITLES GOLD, MOON, OCTOPUS, THUNDER
  • My rating: Hard
  • My score: 1 mistake

I know that Connections love sports, so spying THUNDER and BULL in the grid, my first thought was that there must be a group linked by the NBA. However, even though I know next to nothing about basketball I couldn’t spot any other potential team names — although OCTOPUS would be cool.

AMBLE (IN) was my first group, largely because all these words describe my own particular speed of travel. I’d say MOSEY is about as fast as I can go; if I’m in a rush I may STROLL but that’s my limit. All of which really annoys the stressy speed walkers of the world.

My mistake came in trying to collect the KINDS OF BAGS. I was certain about CROSSBODY, MESSENGER and SADDLE, but the fourth eluded me and I initially went for GOLD before finally getting it correct.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, April 20, game #1044)

  • YELLOW: MASS OF SMOKE BILLOW, CLOUD, PLUME, PUFF
  • GREEN: FISHING GEAR BAIT, HOOK, NET, ROD
  • BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS CANNIBALISM, HOURGLASS, VENOM, WEB
  • PURPLE: _____ MONDAY BLUE, CYBER, MANIC, MEATLESS

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

Johnny Dee
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Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.

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