NYT Connections #1163 hints and answers
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Sorry, I was on mute. Can you hear me?
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Brand names of apps for remote face-to-face work calls, from Google, Microsoft, Slack.
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One of the four: ZOOM
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VIDEO CALL PLATFORMS: HUDDLE, MEET, TEAMS, ZOOM
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Cells, rows, and columns quietly doing your math homework.
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Tools inside a grid-based number-crunching program used for calculating and automating repetitive tasks.
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One of the four: MACRO
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SPREADSHEET FEATURES: FORMULA, FUNCTION, MACRO, SCRIPT
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Nashville royalty, on a first-name basis.
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Given names of beloved singers from the rhinestone-and-steel-guitar era of American music.
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One of the four: DOLLY
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FIRST NAMES OF COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS: DOLLY, JOHNNY, PATSY, WILLIE
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Woof, meow, tweet, blub - all leading the way.
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Each entry opens with the name of a common household animal, plus something tacked on.
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One of the four: DOGIE
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STARTING WITH PETS: BIRDIE, CATTLE, DOGIE, FISHEYE
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