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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers for July 18, #768
Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle is all over the place. If you want to solve the blue category, it helps if you know yoga. (I don't.) Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak. Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time 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: Order of things. Green group hint: Ah, I get it. Blue group hint: Flexible positions. Purple group hint: Eddy Grant sang about this avenue. Answers for today's Connections groups Yellow group: Sequence. Green group: Pick up on. Blue group: Yoga backbends. Purple group: Electric ____. Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words What are today's Connections answers? The completed NYT Connections puzzle for July 28, 2025, #768. NYT/Screenshot by CNET The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is sequence. The four answers are run, series, streak and string. The green words in today's Connections The theme is pick up on. The four answers are catch, note, see and spot. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is yoga backbends. The four answers are bridge, cobra, cow and wheel. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is electric ____. The four answers are blanket, eel, guitar and slide.
South Wales Guardian
07-07-2025
- South Wales Guardian
Police arrest man on suspicion of arson following fire on Electric Avenue
The blaze on the busy shopping street saw 10 fire engines and approximately 70 firefighters called out on Monday. The fire began in a storage area behind some of the shops on Electric Avenue, a street made famous by Guyanese-British musician Eddy Grant's 1983 song of the same name. It then spread to the building above the storage area, according to London Fire Brigade (LFB). Firefighters continue to work to extinguish the fire in #Brixton. Closures remain in place in the — London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) July 7, 2025 A large plume of smoke could be seen rising over the roofs of the street, which hosts Brixton's market, throughout Monday morning. No injuries have been reported, according to the Metropolitan Police. But in a statement, the force said: 'One suspect, a man in his 40s, has been arrested on suspicion of arson. He remains in police custody.' Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police on 101 quoting CAD 2087/07JUL or to remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Throughout the day, police maintained a cordon on Electric Avenue, preventing pedestrians from accessing it, while also blocking off several nearby roads to traffic. Brixton Tube station was closed throughout Monday to stop smoke from travelling, and residents living nearby were advised to shut their windows to stop prevent smoke inhalation. Firefighters could be seen heading in and out of several shops on Electric Avenue throughout Monday, trying to access a back area behind them where the fire started. Smoke could be seen billowing out of the doors of two of the shops they entered, while water poured from a street-side access point where they had connected their hoses. A fire engine with a long ladder could meanwhile be seen in use on Electric Lane, a small back alley behind the main shopping street. The ladder was used as both a lookout, and as a water tower to help extinguish the fire from a height, LFB said. The fire brigade said the blaze was brought under control by 1.11pm, but firefighters remained in the area to observe.
Glasgow Times
07-07-2025
- Glasgow Times
Police arrest man on suspicion of arson following fire on Electric Avenue
The blaze on the busy shopping street saw 10 fire engines and approximately 70 firefighters called out on Monday. The fire began in a storage area behind some of the shops on Electric Avenue, a street made famous by Guyanese-British musician Eddy Grant's 1983 song of the same name. It then spread to the building above the storage area, according to London Fire Brigade (LFB). Firefighters continue to work to extinguish the fire in #Brixton. Closures remain in place in the — London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) July 7, 2025 A large plume of smoke could be seen rising over the roofs of the street, which hosts Brixton's market, throughout Monday morning. No injuries have been reported, according to the Metropolitan Police. But in a statement, the force said: 'One suspect, a man in his 40s, has been arrested on suspicion of arson. He remains in police custody.' Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police on 101 quoting CAD 2087/07JUL or to remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Throughout the day, police maintained a cordon on Electric Avenue, preventing pedestrians from accessing it, while also blocking off several nearby roads to traffic. Brixton Tube station was closed throughout Monday to stop smoke from travelling, and residents living nearby were advised to shut their windows to stop prevent smoke inhalation. Firefighters could be seen heading in and out of several shops on Electric Avenue throughout Monday, trying to access a back area behind them where the fire started. Smoke could be seen billowing out of the doors of two of the shops they entered, while water poured from a street-side access point where they had connected their hoses. Firefighters at the scene on Electric Avenue in Brixton (PA) A fire engine with a long ladder could meanwhile be seen in use on Electric Lane, a small back alley behind the main shopping street. The ladder was used as both a lookout, and as a water tower to help extinguish the fire from a height, LFB said. The fire brigade said the blaze was brought under control by 1.11pm, but firefighters remained in the area to observe.
North Wales Chronicle
07-07-2025
- North Wales Chronicle
Police arrest man on suspicion of arson following fire on Electric Avenue
The blaze on the busy shopping street saw 10 fire engines and approximately 70 firefighters called out on Monday. The fire began in a storage area behind some of the shops on Electric Avenue, a street made famous by Guyanese-British musician Eddy Grant's 1983 song of the same name. It then spread to the building above the storage area, according to London Fire Brigade (LFB). Firefighters continue to work to extinguish the fire in #Brixton. Closures remain in place in the — London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) July 7, 2025 A large plume of smoke could be seen rising over the roofs of the street, which hosts Brixton's market, throughout Monday morning. No injuries have been reported, according to the Metropolitan Police. But in a statement, the force said: 'One suspect, a man in his 40s, has been arrested on suspicion of arson. He remains in police custody.' Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police on 101 quoting CAD 2087/07JUL or to remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Throughout the day, police maintained a cordon on Electric Avenue, preventing pedestrians from accessing it, while also blocking off several nearby roads to traffic. Brixton Tube station was closed throughout Monday to stop smoke from travelling, and residents living nearby were advised to shut their windows to stop prevent smoke inhalation. Firefighters could be seen heading in and out of several shops on Electric Avenue throughout Monday, trying to access a back area behind them where the fire started. Smoke could be seen billowing out of the doors of two of the shops they entered, while water poured from a street-side access point where they had connected their hoses. A fire engine with a long ladder could meanwhile be seen in use on Electric Lane, a small back alley behind the main shopping street. The ladder was used as both a lookout, and as a water tower to help extinguish the fire from a height, LFB said. The fire brigade said the blaze was brought under control by 1.11pm, but firefighters remained in the area to observe.
Rhyl Journal
07-07-2025
- Rhyl Journal
Police arrest man on suspicion of arson following fire on Electric Avenue
The blaze on the busy shopping street saw 10 fire engines and approximately 70 firefighters called out on Monday. The fire began in a storage area behind some of the shops on Electric Avenue, a street made famous by Guyanese-British musician Eddy Grant's 1983 song of the same name. It then spread to the building above the storage area, according to London Fire Brigade (LFB). Firefighters continue to work to extinguish the fire in #Brixton. Closures remain in place in the — London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) July 7, 2025 A large plume of smoke could be seen rising over the roofs of the street, which hosts Brixton's market, throughout Monday morning. No injuries have been reported, according to the Metropolitan Police. But in a statement, the force said: 'One suspect, a man in his 40s, has been arrested on suspicion of arson. He remains in police custody.' Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police on 101 quoting CAD 2087/07JUL or to remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Throughout the day, police maintained a cordon on Electric Avenue, preventing pedestrians from accessing it, while also blocking off several nearby roads to traffic. Brixton Tube station was closed throughout Monday to stop smoke from travelling, and residents living nearby were advised to shut their windows to stop prevent smoke inhalation. Firefighters could be seen heading in and out of several shops on Electric Avenue throughout Monday, trying to access a back area behind them where the fire started. Smoke could be seen billowing out of the doors of two of the shops they entered, while water poured from a street-side access point where they had connected their hoses. A fire engine with a long ladder could meanwhile be seen in use on Electric Lane, a small back alley behind the main shopping street. The ladder was used as both a lookout, and as a water tower to help extinguish the fire from a height, LFB said. The fire brigade said the blaze was brought under control by 1.11pm, but firefighters remained in the area to observe.
