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Connections · No. 1224 · Saturday, October 17, 2026

NYT Connections #1224 hints and answers

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YellowEasiest
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Your pocket keeps interrupting dinner.

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Short sounds and pop-ups a device produces when something new arrives for you.

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One of the four: CHIME

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DIGITAL NOTIFICATIONS: ALERT, CHIME, DING, PING

GreenEasy
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Darkroom and viewfinder share a glossary.

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Nouns a camera person uses for one captured frame, or a paper copy of it.

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One of the four: STILL

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PHOTO: PRINT, SHOT, SNAP, STILL

BlueTricky
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Sideways walkers answer to several names.

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Varieties of a clawed shellfish, sold by the pound at seafood counters.

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One of the four: FIDDLER

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KINDS OF CRABS: FIDDLER, HERMIT, KING, SNOW

PurpleHardest
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A tiny foreign article does the heavy lifting.

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Each follows the same feminine article from Romance languages: a theater, an opera, a city, a tar site.

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One of the four: SCALA

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LA ___: BOHÈME, BREA, PAZ, SCALA

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