NYT Connections #1211 hints and answers
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Vague abundance, spoken casually — nobody bothered to count.
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Informal quantity words you'd hear in speech, as in 'a whole ___ of work.' None of them precise.
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One of the four: HEAP
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CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT: BUNCH, HEAP, LOT, STACK
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Basement rally game: hollow plastic, lightning reflexes.
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Picture a ping-pong setup and list everything the game requires, starting from the furniture up.
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One of the four: PADDLE
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TABLE TENNIS NEEDS: BALL, NET, PADDLE, TABLE
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Halloween costume for someone who sustains objections.
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What you'd wear and hold to dress as a courtroom's decider, British tradition included.
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One of the four: WIG
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PARTS OF A JUDGE COSTUME: COLLAR, GAVEL, ROBE, WIG
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One hush-word in front changes all four.
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A single adjective meaning soundless goes before each; the resulting phrases aren't really about noise.
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One of the four: FILM
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SILENT ___: AUCTION, FILM, PARTNER, TREATMENT
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