NYT Connections Answers Explained For June 5 (#1,090)

How today's NYT Connections answers and red herrings fit together.

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Note: Make sure to complete today’s NYT Connections before reading further! We’ll be getting into spoilers for today’s game pretty quickly. If you need some help to complete the grid, you can find my NYT Connections hints and answers column for today via my author page.

Hey there, Connectors! Welcome to my deeper dive into today’s Connections answers. The idea behind this is to help clear things up for anyone who isn’t sure how today’s groups fit together.

If I’ve missed any red herrings or misunderstood something, let me know via email or on Discord. I don’t typically look at X or check the comments here.

I’m going to assume that you’ve already beaten today’s game. We’re going straight into spoiler territory here. So, consider this your one and only warning.

Here are today’s NYT Connections answers explained (and any red herrings I spot) for Friday, June 5:

Today’s NYT Connections Answers Explained

Connections – Yellow Group

🟨 associated with Hansel and Gretel (BREADCRUMB, FOREST, OVEN, WITCH)

These are all elements of the fairytale Hansel and Gretel, which was published by the Brothers Grimm in the early 1800s.

After a leaving a trail of BREADCRUMBs so they can find their way home from a FOREST turns out to be an ill-fated idea, Hansel and Gretel get lost in a forest. They end up at the house of a WITCH who wants to fatten up Hansel and eat him. However, Gretel pushes the WITCH into an OVEN to save her brother and allow the siblings to escape.

Connections – Green Group

🟩 bit of cereal (CLUSTER, FLAKE, LOOP, PUFF)

These might refer to the cereals called Clusters, Bran Flakes/Corn Flakes, Froot Loops and Cocoa Puffs.

Connections – Blue Group

🟦 Demi Moore movies (DISCLOSURE, GHOST, STRIPTEASE, THE SUBSTANCE)

The category title takes care of things here. Of these, I’ve only seen THE SUBSTANCE. I love that a horror movie as wild as this was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. I enjoyed the film a lot. I ought to watch the three others mentioned here at some point!

Connections – Purple Group

🟪 ending in methods of transportation (INCUBUS, OSCAR, QUATRAIN, SITUATIONSHIP)

These refer to:

• INCUBUS > bus
• OSCAR > car
• QUATRAIN > train
• SITUATIONSHIP > ship

Connections – Red Herrings

GHOST, WITCH and INCUBUS are all supernatural/folklore entities.

Demi Moore was nominated for an OSCAR for THE SUBSTANCE, which I thought was a fun nod/Easter Egg.

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