Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 6, #713

Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle has an especially tricky purple category, where you need to look for hidden words, and then add a letter. If you’re struggling with the puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.

Yellow group hint: Not the big scorers.

Green group hint: Keeping up with the…

Blue group hint: Lone Star State players.

Purple group hint: Signal-caller surnames, with a twist.

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Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Defend.

Green group: Joneses.

Blue group: Houston Texans.

Purple group: NFL QBs, with the first letter changed.

What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is defend.

The four answers are blanket, cover, guard and shield.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is Joneses.

The four answers...

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