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Discussion: First, for the record, Connections are already a knock-off, Only Connect's connecting walls are the original.
Generally I would suggest that you avoid sketchy puzzle sources altogether. Agonizing over badly written puzzles is a pure waste of time and giving up on a bad puzzle is perfectly OK. You don't have to feel forced to finish it just because you started.
Misspelled clues alone (you already found one, plus this one also has millennium misspelled) are usually a good first clue that the puzzle was hastily put together. Such puzzles often also contain unsatisfying groups, unintended ambiguities and everything else you want to avoid, simply because the author did not put in the necessary work.
If you like playing this type of grids, [https://puzzgrid.com/](https://puzzgrid.com/) has more than enough of them and it has quality and difficulty ratings so you don't have to waste your time with bad ones.
I feel your pain :)
One of the groups is probably >!book trilogies: could be Border, Barrytown, Millennium, Deptford but possibly others match too - too lazy too look them all up :)!<
THANK YOU. That was enough to brute force the rest -- >!electric, picture, rose and sash as windows and divorced, Richard, every and thirty as the first words of common mnemonics!<
I have some issues with those answers, but nonetheless, !solved.
Thank you!
I had to go digging; would never have gotten them on my own.
Thirty days hath September, etc (days in months)
Richard of York gave battle in vain (colors of rainbow)
Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived (the fates of Henry VII's wives)
>!"divorced, Richard, every and thirty as the first words of common mnemonics"!<
That kind of reasoning is enough for me to not want to look up this knockoff. That's stretching it so far I can see right through it.
Wholly agreed, do not recommend. Their mediums are incredibly easy, and their hards are either super esoteric or stretch logic to the limit, neither of which makes for a satisfying solve.
I like the NYT Games app. There's a Connection puzzle every day (and no asshattery like the one posted), and a few others posted daily.
In the app I also like to do the Wordle, Spelling Bee, Strands, and Letter Box. All word puzzle games, refreshed daily.
There's a couple more but I didn't dig them.
Just realized that the Sticker/Slicker discrepancy I mentioned is cut off in the screenshot, but that is the 4th word in the one completed category at the top.
I got a message that automod was marking it solved after I replied to the first commenter, and tried to manually change it myself as well. Not sure why it hasn't worked.
Please remember to spoiler-tag all guesses, like so: New Reddit: https://i.imgur.com/SWHRR9M.jpg Using markdown editor or old Reddit, draw a bunny and fill its head with secrets: \>!!< which ends up becoming \>!spoiler text between these symbols!< Try to avoid leading or trailing spaces. These will break the spoiler for some users (such as those using old.reddit.com) If your comment does not contain a guess, include the word **"discussion"** or **"question"** in your comment instead of using a spoiler tag. If your comment uses an image as the answer (such as solving a maze, etc) you can include the word "image" instead of using a spoiler tag. Please report any answers that are not properly spoiler-tagged. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/puzzles) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Discussion: First, for the record, Connections are already a knock-off, Only Connect's connecting walls are the original. Generally I would suggest that you avoid sketchy puzzle sources altogether. Agonizing over badly written puzzles is a pure waste of time and giving up on a bad puzzle is perfectly OK. You don't have to feel forced to finish it just because you started. Misspelled clues alone (you already found one, plus this one also has millennium misspelled) are usually a good first clue that the puzzle was hastily put together. Such puzzles often also contain unsatisfying groups, unintended ambiguities and everything else you want to avoid, simply because the author did not put in the necessary work. If you like playing this type of grids, [https://puzzgrid.com/](https://puzzgrid.com/) has more than enough of them and it has quality and difficulty ratings so you don't have to waste your time with bad ones.
Agreed with all of the above. Fully planning to ditch this site, but sadly before I can, I MUST know these stupid answers. I've been cursed.
I feel your pain :) One of the groups is probably >!book trilogies: could be Border, Barrytown, Millennium, Deptford but possibly others match too - too lazy too look them all up :)!<
THANK YOU. That was enough to brute force the rest -- >!electric, picture, rose and sash as windows and divorced, Richard, every and thirty as the first words of common mnemonics!< I have some issues with those answers, but nonetheless, !solved. Thank you!
What are the mnemonics? I know Every Good Boy Does Fine from music class..
"Common" does a lot of heavy lifting in that category name.
I've heard of all those. I'd say famous more than common though.
I had to go digging; would never have gotten them on my own. Thirty days hath September, etc (days in months) Richard of York gave battle in vain (colors of rainbow) Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived (the fates of Henry VII's wives)
>!"divorced, Richard, every and thirty as the first words of common mnemonics"!< That kind of reasoning is enough for me to not want to look up this knockoff. That's stretching it so far I can see right through it.
Wholly agreed, do not recommend. Their mediums are incredibly easy, and their hards are either super esoteric or stretch logic to the limit, neither of which makes for a satisfying solve.
I like the NYT Games app. There's a Connection puzzle every day (and no asshattery like the one posted), and a few others posted daily. In the app I also like to do the Wordle, Spelling Bee, Strands, and Letter Box. All word puzzle games, refreshed daily. There's a couple more but I didn't dig them.
Waffle Game is my current favourite.
Just realized that the Sticker/Slicker discrepancy I mentioned is cut off in the screenshot, but that is the 4th word in the one completed category at the top.
!solved
I got a message that automod was marking it solved after I replied to the first commenter, and tried to manually change it myself as well. Not sure why it hasn't worked.