NYT Connections #1149 hints and answers
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Take the scenic shortcut behind the main drag.
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Four terms for narrow urban passages, the small ones cars barely squeeze through.
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One of the four: ALLEY
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ROAD LESS TRAVELED: ALLEY, BACKSTREET, BYWAY, LANE
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Hardware store paint chips, one family of swatches.
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Each names a variation of a single color you'd see on paint samples.
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One of the four: HUNTER
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SHADES OF GREEN: FOREST, HUNTER, MINT, SAGE
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Try pronouncing these; the usual suspects never appear.
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Four entries manage without standard vowels, leaning on one flexible stand-in sound throughout.
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One of the four: RHYTHM
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"Y" IS THE ONLY VOWEL: FLY BY, MYRRH, NSYNC, RHYTHM
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Be irritating first, then finish the phrase.
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Each opens with a word meaning to bother, though the split ignores syllable boundaries.
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One of the four: NAG CHAMPA
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STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "PESTER": BUG FIX, NAG CHAMPA, NEEDLESS, TEA SET
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