Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Notes and Answers for Jan. 11, #110

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The purple group in Connections: Sports Edition This is especially hard today if you are an American. I’ve heard of some references in this category, but don’t know them well enough to classify them properly. That’s why today was a hard day for me. Read on for clues and answers to today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle.

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Notes for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four clues for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Note on the yellow group: When one team crushes the other.

Note from the green group: Shotgun is one of them.

Note on the blue group: Players became speakers.

Note on the purple group: Italian League.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: routers.

Green group: Football formations.

Blue group: NFL TV Analysts.

Purple group: Serie A clubs

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What are today’s answers to Connections: Sports Edition?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The topic is route. The four answers are blowout, drubbing, romp and walkover.

The green words in today’s Connections

The topic is football formations. The four answers are Bunch, I, Trips and Wishbone.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The subject is NFL TV analysts. The four answers are Aikman, Brady, Collinsworth and Romo.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The topic is Serie A clubs. The four answers are Atalanta, Juventus, Lazio and Roma.