Get NYT Connections Hints for February 23, 2025. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #623, including word connections and hidden categories.
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GRATE: Everyone's always grating cheese, but has anyone asked how the cheese feels about being shredded to pieces?
Rub together
CAN: A can opener doesn't open cans, it actually destroys their only protection from the outside world.
Ways to preserve food
GRIND: Coffee beans get ground up to make us happy. Maybe they're laughing at how dependent we've become.
Breakfast condiments
GNASH: Your teeth spend all day gnashing food, but deep down they're probably just grinding away their frustrations.
Proverbial things that are spilled
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Hint: Rub together
Hint: Ways to preserve food
Hint: Breakfast condiments
Hint: Proverbial things that are spilled