NYT Connections #1152 hints and answers
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No batteries, no screens, just splinters and imagination.
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Four old-fashioned playthings carved from timber, the kind found in an antique nursery.
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One of the four: LINCOLN LOGS
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CLASSIC WOODEN TOYS: ALPHABET BLOCKS, CUP-AND-BALL, JACOB'S LADDER, LINCOLN LOGS
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Painted stripes tell you where to stay.
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Each is divided into parallel strips for cars, carts, or racers to travel along.
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One of the four: SUPERMARKET
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PLACES WITH LANES: BOWLING ALLEY, FREEWAY, SUPERMARKET, SWIMMING POOL
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Gelato in hand, camera up, one ancient city.
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Famous sights a tourist photographs during a single walking tour through Italy's capital.
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One of the four: COLOSSEUM
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ICONIC ROMAN LANDMARKS: COLOSSEUM, PANTHEON, SPANISH STEPS, TREVI FOUNTAIN
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Mesh: sometimes for scoring, sometimes for supper.
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Venues and one vessel defined by woven mesh that stops a goal or hauls dinner.
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One of the four: FISHING BOAT
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PLACES WITH NETS: BARCLAYS CENTER, FISHING BOAT, HOCKEY RINK, TENNIS COURT
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