Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Notes and Answers for December 24, #92

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Connections: Sports Edition was fun today. But oof, that blue category. As a fan of a team that never won the Super Bowl (Skol, Vikings!), I felt that description. The other categories were fun and I took them less personally. (Although I didn’t know the true meaning of “Knickerbocker.”) Read on for clues and answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle.

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Notes for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four clues for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Note on the yellow group: Notes and coins.

Note from the green group: A classic baseball field.

Note on the blue group: The Vikings are another.

Note on the purple group: Teams with names that describe natives.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Money.

Green group: Fastball.

Blue group: Teams without winning a Super Bowl.

Purple group: Teams whose nicknames are demonyms.

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What are today’s answers to Connections: Sports Edition?

Today’s puzzle had a few pictures, so here is the puzzle grid.

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The issue is money. The four answers are bank, bread, coin and dough.

The green words in today’s Connections

The topic is fastball. The four answers are cheese, gas, heat and lobster.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The topic is teams without a Super Bowl win. The four answers are jaguars, lions, panthers and titans.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The topic is teams whose nicknames are demonyms. The four answers are Canadiens, Hoosiers, Knicks and Texans.