NYT Connections #1216 hints and answers
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Fans left early; the margin had stopped being interesting.
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Four casual nouns sportswriters use when one side wins by an embarrassing amount.
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One of the four: ROMP
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DECISIVE VICTORY: BLOWOUT, ROMP, ROUT, SWEEP
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Your thumb knows these without looking down.
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Settings you change with the clicker from the couch, not things on the screen itself.
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One of the four: INPUT
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CONTROLLED BY A TV REMOTE: CHANNEL, INPUT, POWER, VOLUME
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Eleven o'clock, the anchor swivels to the desk.
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Segments and graphics in a nightly broadcast summing up the day in athletics.
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One of the four: HIGHLIGHTS
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FEATURES OF A SPORTS SHOW: HIGHLIGHTS, RECAP, SCORES, STATS
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Same small word stands in front of each.
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A shared leading word turns these four into unrelated compounds, some real objects, some pretend.
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One of the four: GUITAR
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AIR ___: CONDITIONER, GUITAR, KISS, QUOTES
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