Today’s NYT Connections puzzle includes a couple of funny categories. The purple one might appeal to fans of a certain animation studio (and theme park company). 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: Not sure I believe you.

Green group hint: Think Maidenform.

Blue group hint: Balsam or Fraser.

Purple group hint: Aurora borealis would be another one.

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Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Quite the saga.

Green group: Parts of a bra.

Blue group: Associated with pine trees.

Purple group: Starting with Disney characters.

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is quite the saga.

The four answers are fabrication, fish story, tall tale and yarn.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is parts of a bra.

The four answers are cup, hook, strap and underwire.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is associated with pine trees.

The four answers are car air freshener, Christmas, needles and turpentine.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is starting with Disney characters.

The four answers are plutonium (Pluto), scar tissue (Scar), stitch marker (Stitch) and trampoline (Tramp).

Toughest Connections puzzles

We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles​ so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.

#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.

#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.

#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.

#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.

#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.

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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