Today's NYT Links Tips and Answers, Sunday, August 18

Links It's about finding things that don't seem to work well together, but do. Deadpool and WolverineFor example, right now The most successful R-rated movie of all timeToday's Links It won't make you a billion dollars and it's not R-rated, but it's here to provide a brain-stimulating challenge, as always.

Your daily sweet 16 words are back and ready for your best grouping efforts. Popular Links brain breaker New York Times There are four groups of words that have a common theme or characteristic, but they are arranged in a random order for your understanding. Don't forget to take your time — many words have more than one meaning, so think twice before you click.

Today's words: COW, GRUNY, PROCRASTINATION, WHAT IF, TELL, DO, DRUGS, CRAZY, SLEEP, KISS, ASSUME, ALARM, CLOCK, MAYBE, SET TIME, And Huge

Today's NYT Connections Tips

The rules are simple: The yellow group is the easiest, the purple group is the hardest (and usually contains the most obscure puns), and the blue and green are somewhere in between. Pick four words at a time — four wrong guesses and you lose.

Without giving too much away, here are your tips:

YELLOW: Rise and shine

GREEN: Assumptions

BLUE: Sweet tooth

PURPLE: Hey ho

Today's NYT Link Groups

Still confused? Now we're entering spoiler territory. Each group's theme has a name. Here are today's:

YELLOW: Alarm Clock Buttons

GREEN: “Here's a thought…”

BLUE: Sugar pieces

PURPLE: Seven Dwarfs Minus the Last Letter

Today's NYT Connections Answers

Have you been shot? Don't feel bad – Times loves to throw serious curveballs and you've probably tried them before you've had your morning coffee. We'll give you the big reveal here and good luck next time! Or if you caught it, congrats!

YELLOW: ALARM, CLOCK, SNOOZE, TIME SETTING

GREEN: MAYBE, TELL ME, SUPPORT, WHAT IF

BLUE: KISS, COW, CRAZY, HUGE

PURPLE: DO, NUMB, CONCRETE, SLEEP

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