Bedside Notebook Scribblings of New York Times Connections Editor Wyna Liu

Cash. Carson. Depp. But two of those are not words?

TaraAltebrando
Slackjaw

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Photo by Scott Gummerson on Unsplash

How about just: “CONNECTIONS.”

YES. Understated.

Classic.

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Winter. Spring. Summer. Fall. But only Spring and Fall will be together with…Jump? What else? Then Winter and Summer with be with…oh, never mind.

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Famous Johnnys! Cash. Carson. Depp. But two of those are not words. Drop letters? Also, need another famous Johnny. Maybe Knoxville? The Jackass guy? Something else to be done there? With “jackass” or not right for Times? Check usage standards.

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Yo La Tengo tickets on sale tomorrow! Don’t forget! Figure out how to work into puzzle?

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Phoenix. Mississippi. Amazon. Colorado. Ooh, that’s good.

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KEEP YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME! YOU CAN BE MORE POPULAR THAN WORDLE!!!!

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Johnny Rockets!!! Too obscure/tricky or genius? Does it still exist? You were only ever there in the 90s, was it? But the fries and milkshakes were GOOOOOOOD.

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TaraAltebrando
Slackjaw

Author of The Leaving, Take Me With You, and more. Creator of the Dream Breachers podcast on Pinna. Also formerly Tara McCarthy.