A little help. Your own aha.

Connections #730
hints & answers for June 10, 2025

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Which group has you stuck?

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Yellow group

Straightforward

1/4
First-letter clue

Look for four entries beginning with C, J, M and M. These initials are in sorted order.

Show one word

CHAIR belongs in this group.

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ARBITRATE

Reveal all four words
  • CHAIR
  • JUDGE
  • MEDIATE
  • MODERATE

Green group

A little trickier

2/4
First-letter clue

Look for four entries beginning with C, I, T and T. These initials are in sorted order.

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CHART belongs in this group.

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THINGS YOU CAN INSERT IN A DOCUMENT

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  • CHART
  • IMAGE
  • TABLE
  • TEXT BOX

Blue group

More challenging

3/4
First-letter clue

Look for four entries beginning with C, P, R and W. These initials are in sorted order.

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CHILL belongs in this group.

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'80S SLANG

Reveal all four words
  • CHILL
  • PSYCH
  • RADICAL
  • WORD

Purple group

Wordplay & surprises

4/4
Wordplay hint

Try adding the same ending to each entry.

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CIVIC belongs in this group.

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___ DUTY

Reveal all four words
  • CIVIC
  • CUSTOMS
  • HEAVY
  • JURY

Each entry comes before "DUTY" to form a word, expression or name: CIVIC → CIVIC DUTY; CUSTOMS → CUSTOMS DUTY; HEAVY → HEAVY DUTY; JURY → JURY DUTY.

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  • Yellow: ARBITRATE
  • Green: THINGS YOU CAN INSERT IN A DOCUMENT
  • Blue: '80S SLANG
  • Purple: ___ DUTY

Ready for the full solution?

All four categories and their words, together.

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Yellow

ARBITRATE

CHAIR · JUDGE · MEDIATE · MODERATE

Green

THINGS YOU CAN INSERT IN A DOCUMENT

CHART · IMAGE · TABLE · TEXT BOX

Blue

'80S SLANG

CHILL · PSYCH · RADICAL · WORD

Purple

___ DUTY

CIVIC · CUSTOMS · HEAVY · JURY

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About the answers and hints

Categories and answers follow the recorded NYT puzzle. Our hints are independent: some are original category clues, while others give the first letters of the four words. Each hint is labelled so you can choose how much help to take.

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