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hoover
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#361

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Bird Lives wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:42 am TIL The colors are not random. They are ranked by difficulty
YELLOW
GREEN
BLUE
PURPLE

Everyone else probably knew this already.
Allegedly.

I think it's in that annoying popup that you have to dismiss before you can play the game, but maybe you're an NYT subscriber and don't have to dismiss a popup every day.

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#362

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hoover wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:48 am
Bird Lives wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:42 am TIL The colors are not random. They are ranked by difficulty
YELLOW
GREEN
BLUE
PURPLE

Everyone else probably knew this already.
Allegedly.

I think it's in that annoying popup that you have to dismiss before you can play the game, but maybe you're an NYT subscriber and don't have to dismiss a popup every day.

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Puzzle #273
🟦🟪🟦🟦
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🟦🟦🟦🟦
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I am a subscriber, and that popup does pop up. I always dismiss it without reading it.
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#363

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Puzzle #273
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🟩🟩🟩🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

IMHO - and as you can tell from my results :lol: the green and purple were a little too similar today
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#364

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#365

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#366

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Puzzle #274
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#367

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#368

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Puzzle #274
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
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Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
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#369

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hoover wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:12 am Connections
Puzzle #274
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KayW wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:33 pm Connections
Puzzle #274
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Ahem.
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I actually kinda thought that might be the purple theme.

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#371

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#372

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🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
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#374

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So close to having a “Chicago Streets” category today…
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Barney wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:03 am Connections
Puzzle #275
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Just getting the answers correct isn't difficult enough, so you have to do them in order? :D
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🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
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#377

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#378

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Purple is not my area of expertise.

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I've never heard of one of the blues.
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