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Oct 9#746Show answer
ONE-VS.-ONE SPORTSFENCING · WRESTLING · BOXING · MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
NICKNAMES OF FAMOUS LAKERSTHE LOGO · MAGIC · BIG GAME JAMES · MR. BASKETBALL
FREE _____AGENT · SAFETY · THROW · KICK
GROUPS OF FIVE PEOPLE OR THINGSOLYMPIC RINGS · OFFENSIVE LINE · MODERN PENTATHLON · LPGA MAJORS
Oct 8#745Show answer
TEAMS WITH BEAR NICKNAMESCHICAGO · CALIFORNIA · BROWN · BAYLOR
WORDS USED IN NBA VENUE NAMESARENA · FORUM · CENTER · GARDEN
SERIE A CLUBSCOMO · NAPOLI · INTER · ATALANTA
_____ LEAGUENATIONAL · MAJOR · CHAMPIONS · IVY
Oct 7#744Show answer
LEVELS OF COMPETITIVE SPORTSHIGH SCHOOL · COLLEGE · PRO · REC
DESCRIPTORS FOR TYPES OF HOME RUNSSOLO · INSIDE-THE-PARK · 2-RUN · WALK-OFF
BALLON D'OR FÉMININ WINNERSRAPINOE · HEGERBERG · PUTELLAS · BONMATÍ
HOMOPHONES OF HALL OF FAME QBSBREEZE · GREASY · MERINO · STAR
Oct 6#743Show answer
TRACK AND FIELD EQUIPMENTPOLE · HURDLE · JAVELIN · STARTING BLOCK
ORIGINAL MLS TEAMSREVOLUTION · GALAXY · CREW · RAPIDS
MEMBERS OF THE 3,000-HIT CLUBGWYNN · SUZUKI · WINFIELD · MAYS
WORDS IN WHICH Y IS THE ONLY VOWELLYNX · SKY · GYM · FLY
Oct 5#742Show answer
GAME WITH NO STAKESFRIENDLY · EXHIBITION · SCRIMMAGE · DEAD RUBBER
TYPES OF TENNIS COURTSCARPET · CLAY · GRASS · HARD
TAMPA BAY RAYSWALLS · JAX · BAKER · CAMINERO
_____ RUNINSURANCE · HOME · STRETCH · EARNED
Oct 4#741Show answer
STATS FOR A RECEIVERYARDS AFTER CATCH · RECEPTIONS · TOUCHDOWNS · TARGETS
FAMOUS FOOTBALL PLAYSMINNEAPOLIS MIRACLE · THE CATCH · PHILLY SPECIAL · WIDE RIGHT
ASSOCIATED WITH RANDY JOHNSONARIZONA · SEATTLE · BIG UNIT · 2001 WORLD SERIES
PANTHERSCAROLINA · FLORIDA · PITTSBURGH · FIU
Oct 3#740Show answer
GOLF SCORING TERMSALBATROSS · EAGLE · BIRDIE · BOGEY
CINCINNATI TEAMS, MINUS THE SRED · BENGAL · BEARCAT · MUSKETEER
AMERICAN LEAGUE MVPSTROUT · JUDGE · KILLEBREW · BLUE
STARTS WITH A SYNONYM FOR THROWLOBSTER · HURLEY · SLINGSHOT · HEAVEN
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Catching up on the week
Seven days of Connections Sports Edition, newest first, each with its four groups laid out in difficulty order. This is the fastest way back in after a few days away — you can see at a glance which puzzles you would have got and which ones were built to catch you.
What a week shows that a day does not
Read consecutively, the editorial rhythm shows: which sports came up, how often purple leaned on wordplay rather than knowledge, and how many categories needed a specialist to spot. If one sport keeps beating you, that is the gap to close.
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Daily. A new puzzle is added at the top at midnight New York time and the eighth-oldest drops off into the archive.
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Yes. Each day is shown with all four groups and all sixteen words, sorted from the yellow group to purple.