NYT Connections hint (Tue, 21 Jul)

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Is your streak one mistake away from disappearing into the void forever, never to be seen or heard from again? We're here to help.

Starting a long streak from scratch can be disheartening. But you've got something not everyone does. Us! And we've got everything you need to solve this puzzle below.

Is your streak one mistake away from disappearing into the void forever, never to be seen or heard from again? We're here to help.

Starting a long streak from scratch can be disheartening. But you've got something not everyone does. Us! And we've got everything you need to solve this puzzle below.

Click here to play today's NYT Connections puzzle!

Connections hint for Tuesday 21st July

Here are your Connections hints for today:

🟨 Yellow hint: Forever 21 staples.
🟩 Green hint: As seen on screen.
🟦 Blue hint: Things The Lion King, Wicked, and Cats have in common.
🟪 Purple hint: One prefix, four answers.
Extra hint 1: One group is united by a first word that creates common phrases.
Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'R'

If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:

🟨 Yellow: Tank
🟩 Green: Extension
🟦 Blue: Lyrics
🟪 Purple: Vision

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections groups are revealed just below!

Today's Connections groups revealed

If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.

Here are the Connections groups for today:

🟨 Yellow: Kinds of Tops
🟩 Green: Software Downloads
🟦 Blue: Elements of a Musical
🟪 Purple: Tele___

Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today's puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections answer lies ahead!

Connections answer today

Here is the answer to today's Connections puzzle on Tuesday, 21st July:

🟨 Yellow: Kinds of Tops (Crop, Halter, Tank, Tube)
🟩 Green: Software Downloads (App, Driver, Extension, Plugin)
🟦 Blue: Elements of a Musical (Book, Lyrics, Music, Orchestration)
🟪 Purple: Tele___ (Gram, Kinesis, Prompter, Vision)

If you're a theatre, fashion, or technology fan, you were in luck with today's puzzle! Bonus points if you're all three! The purple group is still enough to trip anyone up, though. Hopefully our hints helped you through.

Let us know in the comments below how you found today's puzzle! Here's my grid:

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Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!

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