Get NYT Connections Hints for December 2, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #540, including word connections and hidden categories.
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CROQUET: While humans think they're playing a sophisticated game, the croquet balls are actually hosting underground therapy sessions for mallets with anger management issues.
When you want to make something known officially
Ways to announce or proclaim something important
Announce
ALLIGATOR: From an alligator's perspective, humans are just land-seals who inexplicably collect shoes and panic at the sight of someone who just wants to give them a toothy hug.
Activities requiring skilled hand-eye coordination
Hitting or striking is involved in each
Things involving mallets
BROADCAST: A broadcast thinks it's spreading important news, but it's really just shouting into the void hoping someone's actually listening.
Common symbols or identifiers in fashion and sports
Recognizable logos or emblems
Icon embroidered on a polo shirt
CARPENTRY: Wood probably thinks it's hilarious that humans spend so much time trying to put it back together after cutting it apart.
They can be real or artificial, physical or digital
Each can be cut, styled, or edited
___ clip
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Hint: Announce
Hint: Things involving mallets
Hint: Icon embroidered on a polo shirt
Hint: ___ clip