NYT Connections #1208 hints and answers
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A plain verb for setting things where you want them
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All four work as verbs meaning to set something somewhere; the easiest group once you ignore other meanings.
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One of the four: SITUATE
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PUT: PLACE, POSITION, SITUATE, STICK
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A tailor's tape makes four quick stops
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The numbers on a men's button-down label, and the spots a tailor records when fitting one.
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One of the four: SLEEVE
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DRESS SHIRT MEASUREMENTS: CHEST, NECK, SLEEVE, WAIST
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Add a definite article and cue the guitars
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Each becomes a mid-2000s alt-rock act once a definite article leads it; think festival lineups.
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One of the four: DECEMBERISTS
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2000S INDIE ROCK BANDS, WITH "THE": DECEMBERISTS, NATIONAL, SHINS, WALKMEN
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The newspaper's pastimes, trimmed before they finish
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Each fragment opens the name of a pencil-and-paper diversion from the games section of a newspaper.
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One of the four: SUD
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STARTS OF NYT PRINT PUZZLES: ACRO, CROSS, KEN, SUD
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