New York Times Communications Today: Sports Edition Tips, Answers for December 28, Issue 96

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Communications: Mathematical Edition It wasn’t too difficult today. If you’re used to reading team abbreviations on scorecards or standings, you’ve probably got the blue category. Read on for hints and answers to today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

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Tips for today’s connections: Sports Edition kits

Here are four pool hints in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzles, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.

Yellow group tip: Pull it in

Green group tip: Wrestler vocabulary

Blue group tip: Such as MIN or SEA

Purple group tip: Not small.

Answers to Today’s Communications: Collections Mathematical Edition

Yellow group: He catches

Green group: Wrestling terminology

Blue group: NFL teams, on the scoreboards.

Purple group: big ____

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What is Today’s Communications: Sports Edition Answers?

Yellow words in today’s communications

The topic is fishing. The four answers are seize, seize, snag, and snatch.

Green words in today’s communications

The topic is wrestling conditions. The four answers are falling, pinning, reversing, and removing.

Blue words in today’s communications

The subject is NFL teams, on the scoreboards. The four answers are CAR, DEN, JAX, and WAS.

Purple words in today’s communications

The topic is big ____. The four answers are 12, dancing, flying, and league.