It’s a new day and that means a new puzzle wall to solve in the New York Times’sConnectionsgame. If you’re looking to save your streak and only want to nail down that last pesky category, don’t worry - we have all the hints you could need.

You’ll find everything you need below, from vague hints as to what you should be looking for to the outright answers. Whether you’re looking for a nudge in the right direction or a sneaky way to preserve your blemish-free record, you’ve come to the right place.

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Category Hints

Today’s puzzle might make you hungry.

We’ll present these hints from theeasiest category to the hardest, as prescribed by the puzzle itself - Yellow, Green, Blue, then Purple.

If you want today’s category hints,click below! These will not spoil the actual names of the categories but will nudge you in the right direction.

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Today’syellow categoryconcerns actions you’d take with someone who needs a little push.

Today’sgreen categoryconcerns foodstuffs that share a visual quality.

Today’spurple categoryhas words that may all follow the same two-letter command.

Herring Watch:Fittingly, the red herring today concerns food - only one category is explicitly to do with food, and you’ll have to identify that before working out where the rest of the foodstuffs go.

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Today’s Answers

Today’s puzzle is pretty tricky, owing to the abundance of food-related terms. Was that puncheesy? Apologies.

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