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Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words.

If the NYT Connections 9 April 2025 puzzle has your brain doing cartwheels and your coffee going cold, you're definitely not the only one deep in the struggle. Today’s grid is a rollercoaster of crafty clues,