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Now ‘s  Contacts: Sports Edition  raised my trust with a very easy golden group. Then my estimates sort of fell off. Have some support? Read on for tips and the comments.

Links: Sports Edition is out of alpha then, making its comeback on  Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the sport has earned plenty dedicated people that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports media blog owned by the Times, may continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games game but presently appears in The Athletic’s individual game. Or you can continue to play it completely online.  

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Tips for today’s Links: Sports Edition groups

Below are four tips for the categories in today’s Links: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest bright group to the strong ( and often bizarre ) purple group.

Bright party hint: First issue?

Green team hint: You win it.

Blue party hint: They call it sport.

Purple party hint: Ball accessories.

Solutions for today’s Links: Sports Edition groups

Bright team: Setting for a media event.

Green party: Starts of prize names.

Blue class: England women’s football players.

Purple group: __ _ _ base.

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What are yesterday’s Links: Sports Edition answers?

The golden words in today’s Contacts

The concept is setting for a news conference. The four solutions are dais, pulpit, floor and stage.

The alternative words in tomorrow’s Contacts

The design is starts of prize names. The four responses are Ballon, Cy, Heisman and Stanley.

The blue terms in today’s Links

The design is England women’s football players. The four replies are Bronze, Mead, Stanway and Williamson.

The colored terms in today’s Contacts

The theme is __ _ _ base. The four solutions are enthusiast, first, stolen and next.