Get NYT Connections Hints for December 24, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #562, including word connections and hidden categories.
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BEARS: Bears hibernate for months, avoiding all responsibilities. Maybe they're not lazy, they've just mastered work-life balance.
Think of a famous movie with a yellow brick road
Large predatory mammals
“lions and tigers and bears, oh my!”
USE: We 'use' things until they break, then wonder why they left us. Maybe things are using us to fulfill their planned obsolescence.
Relationships and bonds
Synonyms for nearby or connected
Beloved, as a friend
CLOSE: We say 'close' when something almost happened, but in space, missing by a mile or an inch is equally far.
Each has four letters
Rhymes with 'ease'
Words that sound like plural letters
INTIMATE: 'Intimate' means both close friendship and a threat. 'Let me be intimate - I know what you did last summer.'
Casual ways to ask for something
Polite and informal expressions
When tripled, hit song titles
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Hint: “lions and tigers and bears, oh my!”
Hint: Beloved, as a friend
Hint: Words that sound like plural letters
Hint: When tripled, hit song titles