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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a fun one. The blue category will help you look ahead to winter sports. If you’re struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for free online.
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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: Fire it in there.
Green group hint: Toss it downfield.
Blue group hint: Speed down the hill.
Purple group hint: Waltz across the floor.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Fastball.
Green group: Football passing routes.
Blue group: Alpine skiing disciplines.
Purple group: Athletes to win “Dancing With The Stars.”
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Oct. 10, 2025.
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The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is fastball. The four answers are cheese, four-seamer, gas and heat.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is football passing routes. The four answers are drag, post, slant and wheel.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is alpine skiing disciplines.The four answers are combined, downhill, slalom and Super-G.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is athletes to win “Dancing With The Stars.” The four answers are Driver, Ohno, Shumpert and Yamaguchi.
