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CNET released its daily hint and answer breakdown for the Sept. 20 edition of NYT Connections: Sports Edition, puzzle number 727. The four categories covered Maryland teams, former NHL cities, NFL rookie wide receivers, and sports terms drawn from the NATO phonetic alphabet.
CNET's daily coverage of the New York Times Connections puzzle offers hints and answers for game #1196, which the writer describes as trickier than usual. The four categories are organized by difficulty, from an easy yellow group to a challenging purple group that plays on math terminology.
Newly unsealed portions of a legal brief in The New York Times' copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft show internal admissions from both companies' executives. Microsoft's director of Applied Science, Brent Hecht, reportedly called AI training data scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history,' while OpenAI's Head of ChatGPT, Nick Turley, described the chatbot as an 'existential threat' to publishers. The filing also cites data showing Copilot slashed click-through traffic to the Times by up to 93% compared to Bing search.
CNET released the solutions for the September 18 edition of NYT's Strands puzzle, themed around agreements. The nonspangram words were PACT, TREATY, CONTRACT, COVENANT and AGREEMENT, with the spangram revealed as LETSMAKEADEAL.
CNET published its daily rundown of answers and hints for the New York Times Mini Crossword, covering both the across and down clues for the Sept. 17 puzzle. The list includes terms like QUACK, UNCLE, IDIOT and KEGS across, and QUIRK, UNDUE, ACING and KETO down.
CNET released its daily hints and full solutions for The New York Times Connections puzzle numbered 1194, dated Sept. 17. The four categories covered elasticity-related words, things located underground, Hugh Jackman movies beginning with 'The,' and phrases starting with 'Love'.
CNET's daily Wordle guide confirmed that the solution for puzzle #1916, released Sept. 17, is THETA, the Greek letter often used in Greek life symbols. The site also provided hints beforehand, noting the word starts with T, ends with A, contains two vowels and one repeated letter. Wednesday's answer, WISPY, and other recent solutions were listed for reference.
CNET published its daily hints and full answer list for the New York Times Strands puzzle, edition #928, dated Sept. 17. The day's theme centers on classic newspaper comic strips, with answers including ZIPPY, ZITS, MUTTS, BLONDIE, PEANUTS and PICKLES, alongside a spangram tying the theme together.
CNET released its daily hints and full solutions for NYT's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle number 724, dated September 17. The four categories were team collectives (conference, division, group, league), recent Summer Olympics host cities (London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo), Missouri Valley Conference schools (Belmont, Bradley, Drake, Northern Iowa) and words paired with 'Giants' (Little, New York, San Francisco, Yomiuri).
CNET's daily guide covers Strands puzzle #927, themed around words meaning showy or eye-catching. The guide lists helper words to unlock in-game hints and reveals the six theme answers—JAZZY, VIVID, BRIGHT, FLASHY, VIBRANT and STRIKING—plus the connecting spangram.
CNET published its daily hints and full solutions for the NYT Strands puzzle #924, dated September 13. The puzzle's theme, tied to secret agents and espionage, centers on the spangram UNDERCOVER along with related words like MOLE, AGENT, ASSET, PLANT, OPERATIVE and COUNTERSPY.
CNET published the hints and full solution for the Sept. 11 NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, number 718. The groups covered NFL injury designations, ways to reach first base, Las Vegas Aces players, and types of dunks.