Here's your NYT Connections hint for Friday Sep 18

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Connections testing your patience again? It happens to even the most veteran puzzle-solvers! Lucky for you, we're here and we've got your back.

If you're looking for subtle hints or full answers to complete today's puzzle, we've got them for you here!

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Connections hint for Friday 18th September

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: One chapter of the story.
• 🟩 Green hint: One order, several tastes.
• 🟦 Blue hint: Getting from A to B.
• 🟪 Purple hint: There's more than one type of case.
• Extra hint 1: Each word in one group is united by a common second word.
• Extra hint 2: Every group has a word containing the letter 'S'

If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:

• 🟨 Yellow: Phase
• 🟩 Green: Flight
• 🟦 Blue: Cruise
• 🟪 Purple: Upper

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections groups are revealed just below!

Today's Connections groups revealed

If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.

Here are the Connections groups for today:

• 🟨 Yellow: Segment of a Process
• 🟩 Green: Assortments of Food/Drink
• 🟦 Blue: Parts of a Flight
• 🟪 Purple: ___Case

Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today's puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections answer lies ahead!

Connections answer today

Here is the answer to today's Connections puzzle on Friday, 18th September:

• 🟨 Yellow: Segment of a Process (Phase, Round, Stage, Step)
• 🟩 Green: Assortments of Food/Drink (Flight, Medley, Platter, Sampler)
• 🟦 Blue: Parts of a Flight (Boarding, Cruise, Landing, Takeoff)
• 🟪 Purple: ___Case (Brief, Pillow, Stair, Upper)

This puzzle had a nice mix of wordplay and association, with one diabolical trick thrown in there. The fact that the word flight was in the puzzle but not in the flight-related group is a classic Connections curveball. Hopefully that didn't trip you up for as long as it did me!

Let us know in the comments below how you found today's puzzle! Here's my grid:

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Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!