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For the November 14, 2024, NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, #52, the four themes are Ivy League schools, tennis ball makers, Philadelphia’s “Big 5” schools, and Kentucky basketball alumni in the NBA. Below are spoiler-safe clues first, followed by the answer groups reported by Game Solver.
How Connections: Sports Edition works
The game presents 16 words for players to sort into four groups of four based on a shared connection. The Sports Edition uses sports-related themes. The source describes yellow as the easiest category and purple as the hardest, though players do not see category difficulty until they complete the puzzle. Game Solver’s puzzle page links to the NYT game.
Hints for puzzle #52
Try to identify each connection before looking at the answers:
- One group consists of schools in an athletic conference associated with the northeastern United States.
- One group contains brands that make tennis balls.
- One group is made up of Philadelphia-area schools known collectively as the “Big 5.”
- One group contains surnames of NBA players who played basketball at Kentucky.
Answers for November 14, 2024
The following group names and entries are printed on Game Solver’s third-party answer page. Its final category gives surnames only.
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Ivy League schools
Harvard, Cornell, Dartmouth, Yale.
Tennis ball makers
Wilson, Penn, Prince, Dunlop.
Philadelphia “Big 5” schools
Villanova, Temple, La Salle, Saint Joseph’s.
Kentucky basketball alumni in the NBA
Davis, Randle, Adebayo, Booker.
Which puzzle do these answers belong to?
This answer set is for Connections: Sports Edition puzzle #52, dated November 14, 2024; it may not match the puzzle available today. The source is Game Solver’s page, published November 13, 2024, rather than an official NYT archive, so these answers are attributed to that page and are not independently confirmed by an official historical listing.
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