Your New York Times Connections game for the first day of the final year of 2024, offered something for a fake out for players, pointing us in one direction just to have it be the wrong way.

Let’s break it down.

Group One Football Gear: Cleats, Helmets, Jersey, Pads

Explained: All things worn by players on the grid iron. Easiest group of the day.

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Group Two Sanctuary: Haven, Port, Retreat, Shelter

Explained: All places for the tired to rest.

Group Three Free: Bird, Fallin, Solo, Willy

Explained: Okay. This one needs some explaining.

Free Bird is a Lynryd Skynyrd song.

Free Fallin is a wonderful classic Tom Petty song.

Free Solo is a mountain climbing movie.

Free Willy is a movie about freeing a killer whale from captivity with a classic Michael Jackson song in the soundtrack.

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Group Four is Candy Names: Charms, Kinder, Wonka, York

Explained: Yeah, I know, I know, they tried to trick us with Willy Wonka, and it almost worked. But the Gene Wilder trick didn’t work today. Thank you, Michael Jackson.

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