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Today's puzzle answers: Saturday, September 26, 2026

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NYT Connections #1203

★ Today's full Connections answers, explained
  • Yellow (easiest) — the connection is “Breath fresheners”. The words: GUM, MINT, MOUTHWASH, SPRAY.
  • Green (easy) — the connection is “Things done to a dress shirt at the laundry”. The words: FOLD, PRESS, STARCH, WASH.
  • Blue (tricky) — the connection is “Features of wood”. The words: BURL, GRAIN, KNOTS, RINGS.
  • Purple (trickiest, usually wordplay) — the connection is “"cool" things, in expressions”. The words: BEANS, CAT, CUCUMBER, CUSTOMER.

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NYT Wordle #1926

★ Today's Wordle answer, explained
  • The answer is SLOOP.

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NYT Strands #937

★ The spangram
  • GENTLEWIND (10 letters).
★ All of today's Strands answers
  • Spangram: GENTLEWIND
  • Theme words: BREEZE, CURRENT, FLURRY, GUST, PUFF, WHIFF, ZEPHYR

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NYT Spelling Bee

★ Pangram, explained
  • CHROMIUM
★ Full word list
  • CHOIR, CHROMIUM, CHURRO, COCCI, COHO, COIR, COMIC, COUCH, CROC, CROCI, CROUCH, CURIO, HOOCH, HORROR, HOUR, HUMOR, ICHOR, MICRO, MIRROR, MOCHI, MOOCH, MOOR, MOROCCO, MUCHO, OCCUR, OUCH, ROCOCO, ROMCOM, ROOM, RUMOR

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NYT Pips

★ Easy solution
  • Domino [4|1] goes on (r2,c3) and (r2,c4)
  • Domino [2|4] goes on (r2,c2) and (r1,c2)
  • Domino [2|2] goes on (r2,c1) and (r3,c1)
  • Domino [1|3] goes on (r5,c2) and (r4,c2)
  • Domino [4|5] goes on (r3,c3) and (r4,c3)
★ Medium solution
  • Domino [5|5] goes on (r5,c1) and (r5,c2)
  • Domino [4|1] goes on (r2,c5) and (r3,c5)
  • Domino [6|3] goes on (r4,c6) and (r3,c6)
  • Domino [0|1] goes on (r2,c4) and (r1,c4)
  • Domino [3|3] goes on (r2,c2) and (r3,c2)
  • Domino [3|4] goes on (r4,c2) and (r4,c3)
  • Domino [2|1] goes on (r2,c3) and (r1,c3)
  • Domino [4|5] goes on (r3,c1) and (r4,c1)
★ Hard solution
  • Domino [0|1] goes on (r6,c5) and (r6,c4)
  • Domino [0|2] goes on (r1,c4) and (r1,c3)
  • Domino [0|3] goes on (r5,c1) and (r4,c1)
  • Domino [0|4] goes on (r4,c3) and (r3,c3)
  • Domino [0|5] goes on (r2,c6) and (r3,c6)
  • Domino [1|2] goes on (r3,c5) and (r3,c4)
  • Domino [1|3] goes on (r5,c5) and (r4,c5)
  • Domino [1|4] goes on (r3,c1) and (r2,c1)
  • Domino [1|5] goes on (r2,c5) and (r1,c5)
  • Domino [2|3] goes on (r5,c6) and (r4,c6)
  • Domino [2|4] goes on (r5,c2) and (r5,c3)
  • Domino [2|5] goes on (r6,c2) and (r6,c3)
  • Domino [3|4] goes on (r4,c4) and (r5,c4)
  • Domino [3|5] goes on (r2,c2) and (r1,c2)
  • Domino [4|5] goes on (r2,c3) and (r2,c4)
  • Domino [3|6] goes on (r4,c2) and (r3,c2)

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NYT Letter Boxed

★ The first word
  • POACHED
★ Today's full Letter Boxed solution, explained
  • The official pairing is: POACHED → DEFYING.
  • Other valid solutions exist — this is the NYT's own pairing.

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NYT Mini Crossword

★ Two answers to get you moving
  • 1A — Alphabet song lyric before "Now I know my ABCs": WXYANDZ
  • 1D — Shake, like a dog's tail: WAG
★ All the Across answers, explained
  • 1A — Alphabet song lyric before "Now I know my ABCs": WXYANDZ
  • 8A — Sea creature whose name sounds like "Ah, baloney!": ABALONE
  • 9A — Skin markings after a sunny day on the links: GOLFTAN
  • 10A — Gen ___ (member of the "MTV generation"): XER
  • 11A — Medieval weapon: POLEAXE
  • 15A — Fasting intermittently, say: ONADIET
  • 16A — Phrases differently: REWORDS
★ All the Down answers, explained
  • 1D — Shake, like a dog's tail: WAG
  • 2D — Gaming console with a number in its name: XBOXONE
  • 3D — Prestigious J.D. program in New Haven, Conn.: YALELAW
  • 4D — Creamy pasta sauce: ALFREDO
  • 5D — "Believe it or ___ ...": NOT
  • 6D — Double-helix molecule: DNA
  • 7D — Buddhism branch associated with gardens: ZEN
  • 11D — "___ favor" (basic Spanish phrase): POR
  • 12D — What snowboarders try to catch: AIR
  • 13D — Crossed (out): XED
  • 14D — Creatures on U.F.O.s, for short: ETS

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NYT Connections Sports Edition

★ Today's full Sports Connections answers, explained
  • Yellow (easiest) — the connection is “Setting for a news conference”. The answers: PODIUM, DAIS, LECTERN, STAGE.
  • Green (easy) — the connection is “Winningest mlb pitchers, informally”. The answers: CY, WALTER, GROVER, CHRISTY.
  • Blue (tricky) — the connection is “Nicknames of knicks, past and present”. The answers: KAT, MELO, CAPTAIN CLUTCH, OAK.
  • Purple (trickiest, usually wordplay) — the connection is “Athletes who have hosted "snl"”. The answers: ROUSEY, PHELPS, KELCE, BARKLEY.

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Connections: Soccer Edition

★ Today's full Soccer Connections answers, explained
  • Yellow (easiest) — the connection is “National governing bodies”. The answers: FA, DFB, USSF, FFF.
  • Green (easy) — the connection is “World cup-winning captains”. The answers: DUNGA, LLORIS, LAHM, VARELA.
  • Blue (tricky) — the connection is “Never scored for england”. The answers: DOWNING, PARLOUR, PARKER, LENNON.
  • Purple (trickiest, usually wordplay) — the connection is “Describes a playmaker”. The answers: NUMBER 10, FANTASISTA, CAM, ENGANCHE.

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LinkedIn games

LinkedIn Queens

★ Today's full Queens solution
  • Row 1: the crown sits in column 6 (the orange region).
  • Row 2: the crown sits in column 1 (the purple region).
  • Row 3: the crown sits in column 8 (the green region).
  • Row 4: the crown sits in column 3 (the blue region).
  • Row 5: the crown sits in column 5 (the grey region).
  • Row 6: the crown sits in column 9 (the yellow region).
  • Row 7: the crown sits in column 2 (the red region).
  • Row 8: the crown sits in column 7 (the brown region).
  • Row 9: the crown sits in column 4 (the pink region).

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LinkedIn Tango

★ Today's full Tango solution
  • Row 1: ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ 🌙
  • Row 2: 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 ☀️
  • Row 3: 🌙 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ ☀️
  • Row 4: ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ 🌙
  • Row 5: ☀️ ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 🌙
  • Row 6: 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 ☀️

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LinkedIn Zip

★ Today's full Zip path
  • Starting at 1: → → → ↑ ← ← ← ← ↓ ← ↑ ← ↓ ↓ → → → → ↓ → ↑ → ↓ ↓ ← ← ← ↑ ← ↓ ← ↑ ← ↓ ↓ ↓ → ↑ → ↓ → → → → ↑ ← ← ←
  • Read the arrows one at a time — each is one square of the path.

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LinkedIn Pinpoint

★ Today's Pinpoint answer
  • The category is: Things associated with tracks!.

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LinkedIn Crossclimb

★ Today's full Crossclimb answers
  • Top word: DROP.
  • The ladder: DROP → CROP → COOP → LOOP → LOOT → SOOT → SHOT.
  • Bottom word: SHOT.

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LinkedIn Mini Sudoku #389

★ Today's full Mini Sudoku solution
  • Row 1: 1 2 3 4 5 6
  • Row 2: 5 4 6 2 1 3
  • Row 3: 2 3 4 5 6 1
  • Row 4: 6 5 1 3 2 4
  • Row 5: 4 6 2 1 3 5
  • Row 6: 3 1 5 6 4 2

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LinkedIn Patches

★ Today's full Patches solution
  • The 4 at row 1, column 3: its patch covers row 1, columns 1–4.
  • The 6 at row 1, column 5: its patch covers rows 1–2, columns 5–7.
  • The 8 at row 2, column 4: its patch covers rows 2–5, columns 3–4.
  • The 4 at row 3, column 1: its patch covers rows 2–3, columns 1–2.
  • The 3 at row 3, column 7: its patch covers row 3, columns 5–7.
  • The 2 at row 4, column 2: its patch covers row 4, columns 1–2.
  • The 4 at row 4, column 6: its patch covers rows 4–5, columns 5–6.
  • The 6 at row 5, column 1: its patch covers rows 5–7, columns 1–2.
  • The 3 at row 5, column 7: its patch covers rows 4–6, column 7.
  • The 4 at row 6, column 4: its patch covers row 6, columns 3–6.
  • The 2 at row 7, column 3: its patch covers row 7, columns 3–4.
  • The 3 at row 7, column 5: its patch covers row 7, columns 5–7.

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LinkedIn Wend

★ All of today's Wend answers
  • 6 letters: SHRINK
  • 7 letters: FEATHER
  • 8 letters: MAJORITY
  • 9 letters: TECHNIQUE

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