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The Sports Edition dropped today. It’s a lighter fare. Soccer is everywhere thanks to the World Cup so there is a category for that. I live in the Pacific Northwest. There is a local angle, obviously. Stuck on the board? You’re not alone. Here are the hints. Then the answers, if you’ve already surrendered.
Connections: Sports Edition belongs to The Athletic. The NYT owns The Athletic, but this puzzle doesn’t show up in the main NYT Games app. You’ll find it in The Athletic’s own app or online. Free of charge, usually.
How to play
We rank these by difficulty. Yellow is the warm-up. Purple is the headache. Here is where to look.
Yellow hint: Think World Cup roles.
Green hint: Emerald City.
Blue hint: Not named Tom, but close?
Purple hint: Fore!
The actual answers
Yellow group: Soccer positions
You know this stuff. Or you watched the World Cup.
* fullback
* goalkeeper
* midfielder
* striker
Green group: Seattle teams
Where I live. The PNW sports landscape is specific.
* Kraken
* Reign
* Seahawks
* Storm
Blue group: Baseball Tims
See what they did there? Timmy baseball players. It’s silly, really. Is there any other Tim in sports? Probably, but this is a word game.
* Lincecum
* Raines
* Salmon
* Wakefield
Purple group: Golf ___
Complete the phrase. This one trips people up.
* course
* polo
* tee
* umbrella
Did you get the umbrella? That one hurts.
