The Yankees Hotel Foxtrot triad is an excellent nod to Wilco, but was an obvious red herring, Foxtrot had to be the dance. Sure enough, four styles of dance. Then, hotel: Four items from the game, Monopoly. Of the items remaining, the sorting options were pretty obvious, since I was in the Lemmy mindset already. That left the purple, which was the only way I would ever get that group. Earth and fireplace I get, but I don't know what the connection is between emperor, yankees, and mantle/mantel.
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I get a little annoyed when the category is "things with things" when not all the answers always have the thing. Like the Yankees had Mantle and the Earth has a mantle, but an emperor isn't always wearing a cloak (although I guess in this case he has the figurative mantle of leadership, so I suppose fair enough). But a fireplace doesn't always have a mantle
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SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 43d
::: spoiler This one, I had a method:
The Yankees Hotel Foxtrot triad is an excellent nod to Wilco, but was an obvious red herring, Foxtrot had to be the dance. Sure enough, four styles of dance. Then, hotel: Four items from the game, Monopoly. Of the items remaining, the sorting options were pretty obvious, since I was in the Lemmy mindset already. That left the purple, which was the only way I would ever get that group. Earth and fireplace I get, but I don't know what the connection is between emperor, yankees, and mantle/mantel.
thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 42d
Mickey Mantle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mantle
Mantle is a garment (like a cape or robe) worn by royalty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantle_(royal_garment)
pturn1@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 43d
Connections Puzzle #1108.
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Definitely elimination to get purple...
remon@ani.social · 2 pts · 43d
Trebuchet@europe.pub · 2 pts · 43d
blue@piefed.social · 2 pts · 42d
Connections
Puzzle #1108
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BillMurray@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 42d
AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 42d
Was never getting purple.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 42d
1108
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::: spoiler purple I get a little annoyed when the category is "things with things" when not all the answers always have the thing. Like the Yankees had Mantle and the Earth has a mantle, but an emperor isn't always wearing a cloak (although I guess in this case he has the figurative mantle of leadership, so I suppose fair enough). But a fireplace doesn't always have a mantle
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YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 42d
Infinite@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 42d
SorryImLate@piefed.social · 1 pts · 42d
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