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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle was a little tricky, I thought. Let’s hope you remember your high school math terms. I do love the era depicted in the blue group, so that was a fun one. For the purple group, however, I wonder if anyone in the US uses the term “cos lettuce.” (Is this another “sausage dog” situation?) Read on for hints and today’s Connections answers.

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Think more broadly.

Green group hint: Often made with crayons.

Blue group hint: Place to be in 1966.

Purple group hint: I was told there would be no math.

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Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Widen one’s scope.

Green group: Features of a kid’s drawing.

Blue group: Associated with swinging London in the 1960s.

Purple group: Starting with abbreviated math functions.

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is widen one’s scope.

The four answers are brand out, diversify, expand and grow.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is features of a kid’s drawing.

The four answers are house, stick figure, sun and tree.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is associated with swinging London in the 1960s.

The four answers are Carnaby Street, miniskirt, mod and Twiggy.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is starting with abbreviated math functions.

The four answers are cos lettuce, log cabin, Sin City and tan line.

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of “Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the ’70s and ’80s,” as well as “The Totally Sweet ’90s.” She’s been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She’s Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she’ll be first in line.

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