NYT Connections #1157 hints and answers
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Cooked, fried, curtains — pick your flavor of slang
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Casual synonyms for finished or ruined, the kind said about a hopeless situation
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One of the four: TOAST
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DOOMED: DONE, SUNK, THROUGH, TOAST
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Flip past these on the TV guide
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Four television networks whose names double as ordinary words or abbreviations
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One of the four: BRAVO
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BASIC CABLE CHANNELS: BET, BRAVO, HISTORY, USA
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The gavel is about to come down
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Chant a fast-talking seller rattles off as bidding on a lot closes
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One of the four: SOLD
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WORDS IN AN AUCTIONEER'S CHANT: GOING, ONCE, SOLD, TWICE
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Say each aloud in front of a mirror
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Each sounds exactly like a part of your face, but is spelled another way
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One of the four: TUNG
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HOMOPHONES OF FACIAL FEATURES: AYE, HARE, KNOWS, TUNG
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