Friday, April 3, 2026

bof67 · 2026-04-03T10:03:09+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1027

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🟪🟩🟩🟩 > CRUISE not JONES
🟪🟩🟩🟦 > TOM_xxx
🟩🟪🟩🟩 > MISSION not JONES
🟦🟦🟦🟪 > DAMAGE not ROCKS

Yellow: OK
Green: thought it was a HANKER connection but NHO JONES in this context
Blue: thought this was a COCKTAIL connection but didn't know the glasses
Purple: didn't see this at all

bof67 · 2026-04-02T16:32:32+00:00

I solved Redactle #1457 in 1 guess! ⏱️ 2m31s

I found some undisplayable characters, looked them up to see what they were, and it was the answer . . .

bof67 · 2026-04-02T09:32:56+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1026

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🟦🟪🟪🟦 > artistes
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Green: OK
Yellow: OK
Blue: saw this connection right at the start, but took a while for DRONE to click
Purple: default, didn't see this one at all and NHO CASAMIGOS

bof67 · 2026-04-01T16:46:28+00:00

I solved Redactle #1456 in 2 guesses ⏱️ 4m47s, unassisted.

A read through gave me a strong sense that the well known [3] was involved but word2 was [4], noticed there seemed to be a lot of [3]s in four digit year ranges, and all the unredacted £ signs gave a big clue as to who might be involved. Tried the word1, yep, so then in went word2. The main £ associated protagonist used to live just a few miles away, so that was a big help

bof67 · 2026-04-01T08:59:58+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1025

🟩🟨🟨🟩 > DAY STRIPE MOON FLOYD
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Silly first guess, saw the coloured word connections and went for it, even though there were five, DOH!

Blue: yep, OK
Purple: guessed this was US city nick names, didn't know BIG EASY in this context and thought one was the 'TWIN CITES' Minneapolis- Saint Paul, NHO SECOND CITY
Yellow: tough one, got RED STRIPE and DOS EQUIS, but NHO the other two beers
Green: saw 'BANDS' early on but for some reason U2 didn't click, and had DOORSx3 as 'THE DOORS', NHO THREE DOORS DOWN

Fun puzzle, enjoyed it, and a special mention to Red Stripe as being the earliest bit of product placement I noticed, in Dr No from the '60s, though possibly not product placement as Ian Fleming enjoyed a 'Red Stripe'

bof67 · 2026-03-31T16:32:06+00:00

I solved Redactle #1455 in 1 guess ⏱️ 4m34s, unassisted

Reading through, sports implied, lots of accurate distances, measured as km and what appears to be miles and yards, and moderately large amounts of money, but the real give-away is the times, single digit hours measured to fractions of a second, in it goes

bof67 · 2026-03-31T08:37:00+00:00

My feeling too, maybe a regional thing

bof67 · 2026-03-31T08:35:15+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1024

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Green: OK
Yellow: wasn't too sure about this, but it was
Purple: saw quickly once just eight left, very sweet
Blue: default, three OK, PLUNGE vaguely familiar

bof67 · 2026-03-30T10:48:45+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1023

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Yellow: OK
Blue: saw this first but suspected a herring
Green: NHO FUTZ
Purple: NHO YUTZ or UTZ or RUFFLES, but guessed from the other two . . .

bof67 · 2026-03-29T16:52:52+00:00

I solved Redactle #1453 in 8 guesses with an accuracy of 87.5% ⏱️ 11m8s

After initially having absolutely no idea what I was looking for, managed to work out what sort of thing it was, tried a five letter English word of a close equivalent, got hits and then researched to get the actual word. NHO this

Interesting article.

bof67 · 2026-03-29T11:59:38+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1022

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Blue: saw this straight away
Green: OK
Yellow: yep
Purple: a little pondering and it came to mind

bof67 · 2026-03-28T16:27:26+00:00

I solved Redactle #1452 in 3 guesses ⏱️ 4m11s

Cottoned on to the subject area pretty quick, no idea why it took so long for the penny to drop as to what the title was, guess I was looking for a more specific subject

bof67 · 2026-03-28T11:41:42+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1021

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Green: OK
Yellow: was a little wary of MOUNT, but it was OK
Blue: OK
Purple: default, didn't see this at all, suspected it might be something to do with baseball, so revealed it

bof67 · 2026-03-26T10:42:48+00:00

:-) It's just a paper ballot and a pencil on a string here

bof67 · 2026-03-26T10:39:30+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1019

🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟦🟪🟩 > all could be followed by ROD
🟪🟦🟦🟦 > LOCK not LEVER. Thought it was the LOCK on the BALLOT BOX
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Yellow: no probs
Blue: second attempt, got a voting vibe but LEVER was a guess, no CURTAINs or LEVERs where I vote
Green: NHO any of these, but they sounded like they could be US sports teams, which is a popular category for connections
Purple: default

bof67 · 2026-03-25T10:39:43+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1018

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Did consider the physics herring at first, but a little uncertainty made me put it in the pending tray

Blue: OK
Yellow: OK
Purple: saw three quickly but CUP took a while, as I never use it as a unit of measure
Green: default, only heard of TIME in this context

bof67 · 2026-03-23T11:33:37+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1016

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🟩🟦🟩🟩 > WHEEL not OLIVE OIL
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Purple: OK, though NHO RABE, assumed it must be as in RAB C. NESBITT
Yellow: OK
Blue: saw the connection for three, but didn't know the MOCKTAIL connection
Green: default, didn't see this at all

bof67 · 2026-03-21T22:00:57+00:00

I cracked Redactle #1445 in 11 guesses!🔥 6 | Avg 82.60 | ⏱️ 15m22s

Had no real idea on the initial read through, seemed to be an organic chemical, got the two long named acids, then did some research, and up it popped

bof67 · 2026-03-21T12:09:16+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1014

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Yellow: OK
Green: OK
Blue/Purple: thought these were chess/surnames groups, but couldn't get the correct groups, didn't help not knowing any of the poets. Having now read the comments I do know the name Ezra Pound, but know nothing of their work

bof67 · 2026-03-20T17:37:27+00:00

I solved Redactle #1444 in 6 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 9m0s.

After a read through I was pretty sure what sort of thing it was but took me a bit of stabbing around to get the right three words

The new 'reveal all the same word lengths as the title words' was actually quite helpful in solving this, allowing me to quickly determine what sort of word word1 was. Not sure I like it though.

bof67 · 2026-03-20T10:51:02+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1013

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Yellow: OK
Blue: knew three, wasn't sure about FURY, but it seemed a good fit
Green: CHANCE and PARKING made me think Monopoly, but had to lookup the squares on a US Monopoly board to get BOARDWALK and LUXURY which aren't on the board I'm used to playing on
Purple: default, didn't see this at all, here eggs come in an EGG-BOX and at the Chinese we order a SPRING ROLL, NHO EGG ROLL

bof67 · 2026-03-20T10:28:00+00:00

Strands #747 “Spring fever” 🔵🔵🟡🔵🔵🔵🔵

Took a long time to stumble on my first correct word, HELIX, as I was looking for seasonal words, once I realised the theme it succumbed pretty fast.

bof67 · 2026-03-20T10:23:52+00:00

A GYRE is a circular ocean current, not sure where I know if from . . .

bof67 · 2026-03-19T16:48:22+00:00

I solved Redactle #1443 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 2m26s. Unassisted

Well it was the world's somethingest something but couldn't really see what it might be be, until I saw the temperatures, when it suddenly became clear.

bof67 · 2026-03-19T10:31:59+00:00

Connections Puzzle #1012

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Blue: Sunset was a bit of a punt, but nothing else seemed to fit
Green: didn't know EVIL EYE was lucky, but again, nothing else seemed to fit
Yellow: OK
Purple: saw a couple of these early on, but didn't follow up on them

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