Get NYT Connections Hints for November 8, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #516, including word connections and hidden categories.
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CHEESE: Cheese spends its whole life waiting to be eaten, yet humans spend their whole lives trying not to be cheesy.
Often associated with daring or playful behavior
These can be planned or spontaneous performances
Escapade
CAPER: While we think we're pulling off capers, capers are actually pulling off the ultimate heist - making us pay to eat tiny pickled flower buds.
Often found on pickle jar labels
Flavor descriptors used in food preparation
Kinds of pickles
SOUR: Lemons don't make life sour - humans do that all by themselves.
Words suggesting mature themes
Terms indicating something might not be for children
Risqué
SUGGESTIVE: Nothing is more suggestive than a human pretending not to be suggestive.
Found in different rooms of a house
Some of these are used in games or cooking
Cut the ___
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Hint: Escapade
Hint: Kinds of pickles
Hint: Risqué
Hint: Cut the ___