NYT Connections #1214 hints and answers
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Tuck it away now; thank yourself next winter.
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All four double as verbs for setting resources aside for future use, despite their everyday noun lives.
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One of the four: SQUIRREL
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SAVE FOR LATER: BANK, SQUIRREL, STASH, STORE
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Grill night and the bakery case, same word follows.
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Four modifiers, two sweet and two savory, that each precede the same soft baked round.
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One of the four: STICKY
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KINDS OF BUNS: CINNAMON, HAMBURGER, HOT DOG, STICKY
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Each long word begins by counting, quietly.
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Long words from medicine, mythology, logic and public speaking begin with ancient terms for quantities.
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One of the four: TETRACYCLINE
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GREEK NUMERICAL PREFIXES: DICHOTOMY, MONOLOGUE, TETRACYCLINE, TRIDENT
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June on Broadway, envelopes opening all evening.
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Categories named each year at Broadway's awards night, all completing the same superlative blank.
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One of the four: ORCHESTRATIONS
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BEST ___ TONY AWARDS: CHOREOGRAPHY, MUSICAL, ORCHESTRATIONS, PLAY
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