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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition plays a fun trick on players. There are so many food terms, from hotdog to peppers to Cracker Jack to nutmeg, and yet not all of them represent food terms. Someone on the NYT puzzle staff must have a long list of food words with other meanings that they toss in whenever they can. Read on for hints and answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle.

For now, the game is in beta, which means the Times is testing it out to see if it’s popular before adding it to the site’s Games app. You can play it daily for now for free — and then we’ll have to see if it sticks around. 

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Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Frosty malts, too.

Green group hint: Bragging.

Blue group hint: Honored footballers.

Purple group hint: Ted Lasso guys know these.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Concession stand snacks.

Green group: Show off.

Blue group: Hall of Fame pass rushers.

Purple group: Soccer skill moves.

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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is concession stand snacks. The four answers are Cracker Jack, peanuts, popcorn and pretzel.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is show off. The four answers are flaunt, grandstand, hotdog and showboat.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is Hall of Fame pass rushers. The four answers are Peppers, Strahan, Ware and White.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is soccer skill moves. The four answers are nutmeg, Olimpico, rabona and stepover.