Get NYT Connections Hints for March 14, 2025. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #642, including word connections and hidden categories.
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DIRT: You think dirt is beneath you, but to dirt, you're just another temporary resident passing through its eternal kingdom.
Related to imposing monetary requirements
Actions taken to collect payment or fees
Impose, as a penalty
CHARGING CABLE: Your charging cable gives life to your devices, but who's charging the cable's emotional battery?
Common impulse purchases near checkout
Items you might grab while waiting in line
Checkout line impulse buys
MAGAZINE: Magazines tell us how to live our lives, but they die every month just to be reborn.
Different formats of visual storytelling
Categories of film content
Movies of various lengths
ASSESS: We spend our lives assessing others, while life quietly assesses us.
Different types of paths or routes
Adjectives describing various terrain
___ road
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Hint: Impose, as a penalty
Hint: Checkout line impulse buys
Hint: Movies of various lengths
Hint: ___ road