NYT Connections #1202 hints and answers
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Champagne taste, velvet rope energy, valet at the door.
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Four adjectives that all describe something expensive-looking, high-end, or socially elevated.
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One of the four: POSH
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LUXE: BOUGIE, FANCY, POSH, SWANK
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Tick, tock. Open the tall wooden cabinet and peek.
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These name inner workings of an old-fashioned timepiece, the kind with gears and a swinging weight.
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One of the four: ESCAPEMENT
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PARTS OF A MECHANICAL CLOCK: ESCAPEMENT, PENDULUM, RATCHET, SPRING
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One first name, four well-known men wearing it.
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Surnames of famous guys who share a first name: an anchorman, a comic actor, a radio host.
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One of the four: AYKROYD
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FAMOUS DANS: AYKROYD, LEVY, RATHER, SAVAGE
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Kingdom and phylum have cousins here, slightly overgrown.
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Each word is a biological classification rank in disguise, padded out to make an everyday word.
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One of the four: FOAMILY
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TAXONOMIC RANKS PLUS A LETTER: BORDER, CLASSY, FOAMILY, GENIUS
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