Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Dec. 30, #568

TheNew York Times Connections puzzlemight make you hungry today.

Both the yellow and green categories involve food and drink.

But as usual, it’s the purple category that might get to you.

Or, should I say, might!

(That’s a hint.)

Read on for today’s Connections hints and answers.

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Yellow group hint:Gimme a sub.

Green group hint:Starbucks stuff.

Blue group hint:Fork it over.

Purple group hint:Aggressive punctuation.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group:Lunch orders.

Green group:Used to make coffee.

Blue group:Pay, with “up.”

Purple group:Names featuring “!”

The theme is lunch orders.

The four answers are club, hero, melt and wrap.

The theme is used to make coffee.

The four answers are beans, filter, grinder and water.

The theme is pay, with “up.”

The four answers are ante, cough, pony and settle.

The theme is names featuring “!”

The four answers are Airplane, Jeopardy, Pink and Yahoo.