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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PAPER: Paper spends its whole life trying to be important, only to realize it's mostly used for people to doodle during boring meetings.
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
LAUREL: A laurel wreath sits on heads thinking it's crowning champions, when it's really just a bunch of leaves having an identity crisis.
Common symbols or identifiers in fashion and sports
Recognizable logos or emblems
Icon embroidered on a polo shirt
DECLARE: Declarations are just fancy ways of stating the obvious while pretending it's more important because it's being declared.
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