Get NYT Connections Hints for October 17, 2024. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #494, including word connections and hidden categories.
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HARVARD: Everyone wants to get into Harvard, but Harvard just wants to get into your bank account.
Outdoor spaces with grass
Areas maintained for recreation or aesthetics
Grassy area
ADDRESS: You don't have an address, the address has you - tagged, labeled, and filed in society's system.
Ways to refer to or reach something
Information used to locate or identify
Deal with
NATURAL: Everything natural is trying to be artificial these days, and everything artificial is trying to look natural.
Words that can be paired with 'joint'
These relate to motion or connection
Movies with āsā removed
ANSWER: The real question isn't finding the right answer, it's answering why we need questions at all.
Each could be described as 'bad' or 'defective'
These suggest something inherent or original
___ law
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Hint: Grassy area
Hint: Deal with
Hint: Movies with āsā removed
Hint: ___ law