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Today's Connections: Sports Edition might make you want to dig into your Halloween candy stash. Reese? Mound? 3 Musketeers? The puzzle-makers are tricky, letting us think candy brands were a category, but ha ha ha, they'd never make it that simple. If you're struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.
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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: Take me out to the...
Green group hint: College sports.
Blue group hint: The Sultan of Swat.
Purple group hint: Not devil, but...
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