Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for June 24, #1109

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Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for June 24, No. 1,109.

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Today's NYT Connections puzzle is just jammed full of creative, lively words. Fans of a certain music genre and of colorful fictional characters will ace this one. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers.

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Hints for today's Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Rock on.

Green group hint: Here comes the bride.

Blue group hint: Elmo is another one.

Purple group hint: Boob tube might also fit.

Answers for today's Connections groups

Yellow group: Prog bands

Green group: Classic wedding gifts

Blue group: Red characters

Purple group: Rhyming compound words

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today's Connections answers?

The yellow words in today's Connections

The theme is prog bands. The four answers are Genesis, King Crimson, Pink Floyd and Rush.

The green words in today's Connections

The theme is classic wedding gifts. The four answers are china, luggage, money and toaster.

The blue words in today's Connections

The theme is red characters. The four answers are Clifford, Deadpool, Kool-Aid Man and Mr. Krabs.

The purple words in today's Connections

The theme is rhyming compound words. The four answers are chick flick, helter skelter, Humpty Dumpty and mumbo jumbo.

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GAEL COOPER

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line. See full bio