Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Aug. 1, #1147 - CNET

Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle No. 1147 for Aug. 1.

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is fun but challenging. As a hobbyist baker, I enjoyed the purple category. Blue is a bit wild today. Read on for hints and today’s Connections answers.

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Blue group hint: Similar manufacturing jobs.

Green group: Oscar-winning actors since 2010.

Blue group: Perform some hole machining operations.

Purple group: Starting with bread shapes.

The four answers are comforter, sham, sheet and throw.

The theme is Oscar-winning actors since 2010.

The four answers are (Christian) Bale, (Michael B.) Jordan, (Joaquin) Phoenix and (Christoph) Waltz.

The theme is perform some hole machining operations.

The four answers are bore, countersink, drill and ream.

The theme is starting with bread shapes.

The four answers are boulevard (boule), bundle (bun), loafer (loaf) and Rolls-Royce (roll).