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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 13Connections: Sports Edition Releases Puzzle No. 628 Answers, Rates June 13 Game 3 of 5
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 13Summary
- Puzzle No. 628’s full answers were published for June 13, with the Sports Edition board rated 3 out of 5 in difficulty.
- Four category hints pointed solvers toward CUE, NU, MAC and EA before the article revealed the completed groups.
- The answers were Balls; Big Ten school initialisms; “Big” baseball nicknames; and NBA teams with their first and last letters removed.
- Connections: Sports Edition is The Athletic’s daily 16-word puzzle, where players sort terms into four groups of four with one correct solution.
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