Get NYT Connections Hints for November 17, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #525, including word connections and hidden categories.
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CONTRACTION: We use contractions to save time, but what if time is trying to expand and we're making it angry?
Professional or social collectives
Formal groups with shared interests
Alliance
UNION: You join a union to protect your rights, but what if the union is just a support group for overworked paperclips?
Ways fabric or clothing might feel
Characteristics of close-fitting items
Close-fitting
PROPOSAL: You propose to someone, but what if your ring is actually proposing to their finger?
Forms of formal communication
Expressing something meaningful to others
Occasions when one might kneel
GUILD: You think you're in a guild of craftsmen, but what if you're just in a group chat for lonely hammers?
Grammar-related concepts
Parts of English language mechanics
What an apostrophe might indicate
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Hint: Alliance
Hint: Close-fitting
Hint: Occasions when one might kneel
Hint: What an apostrophe might indicate