Get NYT Connections Hints for January 21, 2025. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #590, including word connections and hidden categories.
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CRACK: You try to fix cracks in things, but maybe the crack is actually fixing you by teaching you that imperfection is beautiful.
Each can function as both noun and verb forms
Words that could mean to mock or criticize
Putdown
SALT: You think you're seasoning your food with salt, but salt has been seasoning humanity's history for thousands of years.
These come in smaller than life-size
Items that replicate something else's appearance
Small likeness
FIGURE: While you're trying to figure things out, things are trying to figure you out too.
Tools and materials for clearing paths
Related to snow and ice management
Used to clear snow
MODEL: Everyone wants to be a model, but maybe we're all just modeling how to be human for alien observers.
Two are found in a spice rack or sea
Not obviously connected at first glance
Doctors in pop culture
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Hint: Putdown
Hint: Small likeness
Hint: Used to clear snow
Hint: Doctors in pop culture