NYT Connections #1166 hints and answers
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Delivery night, and everyone argues about the toppings.
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Four are styles you'd order from a pizzeria, from spicy Italian to sauceless.
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One of the four: DIAVOLA
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KINDS OF PIZZA: DIAVOLA, HAWAIIAN, MEAT LOVERS, WHITE
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Elements, products, and paperwork each get assigned digits.
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Each pairs with a term for an assigned string of digits that identifies something.
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One of the four: ATOMIC
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KINDS OF NUMBERS: ATOMIC, SERIAL, SOCIAL SECURITY, TELEPHONE
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Same little curl, different jobs and heights.
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Four are writing marks that all look like the same small curved stroke.
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One of the four: OKINA
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SIMILARLY SHAPED TYPOGRAPHICAL MARKS: APOSTROPHE, CEDILLA, COMMA, OKINA
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The front of each word wears fur or scales.
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Each word begins with a creature from an Asian calendar's twelve-year cycle.
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One of the four: PIGMENT
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STARTING WITH CHINESE ZODIAC ANIMALS: DRAGONFLY, OXFORD, PIGMENT, RATCHET
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