Get NYT Connections Hints for October 15, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #492, including word connections and hidden categories.
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SAFETY: We invented safety protocols to protect ourselves, but what if these protocols feel unsafe around humans who keep trying to bypass them?
They are positions in a specific team sport
Found on the football roster
Football positions
DIMENSIONAL: We're fascinated by multiple dimensions, but what if we're just a boring screensaver for 4D beings?
Each brings different content to your screen
Cable TV network names
Cable channels
GUARD: Guards protect us from danger, but who protects guards from the existential crisis of whether they're really guarding anything?
They're known for bringing smiles (or scares)
Famous clown characters
Fictional clowns
RONALD: Ronald McDonald sells happiness in a meal, but who sells happiness to Ronald?
These words can all act as modifiers
Common prefixes or descriptors
What ādā might stand for
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Hint: Football positions
Hint: Cable channels
Hint: Fictional clowns
Hint: What ādā might stand for