Get NYT Connections Hints for March 25, 2025. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #653, including word connections and hidden categories.
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CRYSTAL: Crystals spend millions of years forming perfect structures, only to be bought by humans who can't even organize their sock drawer.
Some of these items are known for their contrasting colors
Think about iconic things that come in monochrome
Black-and-white things
TEDDY: Your teddy bear probably needs therapy after watching you cry yourself to sleep all these years.
Try rearranging the letters - they're very close
These are four-letter anagrams of each other
Anagrams
A BELL: The bell doesn't ring for you, you ring for the bell's amusement.
Think about what these might be nicknames for
These are shortened versions of presidential names
U.s. presidential nicknames
CROSSWORD: Crosswords don't solve themselves - they solve our need to feel smart.
Think about what word could precede each of these
These all complete phrases when preceded by 'CRYSTAL'
Clear as ___
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Hint: Black-and-white things
Hint: Anagrams
Hint: U.s. presidential nicknames
Hint: Clear as ___