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Connections wasn’t too tough today, As often happens, the purple category was a bit of a puzzler at first, but think of Ringo Starr’s instrument and you might be able to get into the rhythm of the answers. Read on for today’s Connections hints and 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: Not very active.

Green group hint: Cha-ching!

Blue group hint: Hand me the clicker.

Purple group hint: Percussion phrase.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Hardly bustling

Green group: Earn

Blue group: Remote-control functions

Purple group:  Words before “drum.”

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is hardly bustling. The four answers are calm, quiet, sleepy and slow.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is earn. The four answers are gross, make, net and yield.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is remote-control functions. The four answers are home, mute, stop and volume.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is words before “drum.” The four answers are ear, kettle, oil and snare.