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Connections hints, clues and answers on Tuesday, December 16 2025

WARNING: THERE ARE CONNECTIONS SPOILERS AHEAD! DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT THE DECEMBER 16, 2025 NYT CONNECTIONS ANSWER SPOILED FOR YOU.
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Have you been playing Connections, the super fun word game from the New York Times that has people sharing those multi-colored squares on social media like they did with Wordle? It’s pretty fun and sometimes very challenging, so we’re here to help you out with some clues and the answer for the four categories that you need to know:
1. Cut a rug with these.
2. Kin.
3. Think a specific director.
4. Think music, sort of.
The answers are below this photo:
1. Dances
2. Descendants
3. Hitchcock movies
4. Starting with percussion instruments
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