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Today’s connections: Sports Edition today offers some categories of food and drinks, which was fun for me. If you have trouble but you always want to solve it, read the rest for advice and answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the sports journalism site based on the subscription belonging to The Times. It does not appear in the NYT Games application but appears in the own application of athletics. Or you can play it for free online.
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Tips for today’s connections: Sports publishing groups
Here are four tips for groups in today’s connections: Sports Edition Puzzle, classified from the easiest yellow group to the hard (and sometimes weird) group.
Yellow group index: Game snacks.
Green group index: Vikes is another.
Blue group index: Drink.
Violet group index: Items that a civil servant has at hand.
Answers for today’s connections: Sports publishing groups
Yellow group: Concession snacks.
Green group: NFL teams, informally.
Blue group: Gatorade flavors.
Violet group: Accessories of a football referee.
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What are the connections today: Sports Edition answers?
NYT connections completed: Puzzle Sports Edition for September 21, 2025.
Yellow words in today’s connections
The theme is the concession snacks. The four answers are Cracker Jack, Peanuts, Popcorn and Pretzel.
Green words in today’s connections
The theme is the NFL teams, informally. The four answers are the birds, G-Man, Niners and Pats.
Blue words in today’s connections
The theme is the flavors of Gatorade. The four responses are fresh blue, fruit punch, glacier gel and lemon.
Violet words in today’s connections
The theme is the accessories of a football referee. The four answers are cards, disappearing from the spray, the watch and the whistle. (Vanishing Spray? Yes, Vanishing Spray.)
