NYT Connections #1207 hints and answers
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Portfolio talk: four ways to park your money
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Financial instruments traded through a brokerage; each of these words also has a common everyday meaning.
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One of the four: FUTURE
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SECURITIES: BOND, FUTURE, OPTION, STOCK
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Rattle it hard or nothing happens
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Four objects that require vigorous back-and-forth motion before they do their job properly.
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One of the four: ETCH A SKETCH
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THINGS THAT ARE SHAKEN (NOT STIRRED): ETCH A SKETCH, MARTINI, SPRAY PAINT, TAMBOURINE
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Pinstripes, wiretaps, and severe loyalty problems
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Film titles about organized crime and mob life, mostly from the 1980s and 1990s.
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One of the four: SCARFACE
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GANGSTER MOVIES: BUGSY, CASINO, DONNIE BRASCO, SCARFACE
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Autumn sneaks in at the front
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Each word opens with a shortened calendar month; what follows is meaningless padding. Look at beginnings.
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One of the four: NOVELTY
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STARTING WITH MONTH ABBREVIATIONS: DECENT, NOVELTY, OCTOPUSSY, SEPTUM
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