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Today's NYT Connections puzzle has a fun mix of everything. For once, I found the purple category to be one of the easier ones. But if you need help, you're in the right place. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

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

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The theme is utilities. The four answers are electric, gas, telephone and water.

The theme is adapt to fit one's needs. The four answers are fashion, mold, shape and tailor.

The theme is kinds of ants. The four answers are army, carpenter, fire and pharaoh.

The theme is copy ____. The four answers are cat, pasta, right and writer.