Today's Connections Hints & Answers for Monday, January 16 (#219)

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Connections Today: Hints for January 16

Yellow: Pulling one over

Green: The latest news

Blue: Off-kilter

Purple: Calculator wordplay

Connections Today: Categories for January 16

Yellow: Ways to deceive

Green: Inside information

Blue: Tilt to one side

Purple: Words spelled with an upside-down calculator

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Connections Today: Answers for January 16

Today's Connections Answers:

Ways to deceive: CON, DUPE, FOOL, TRICK

Inside information: DOPE, SCOOP, SKINNY, WORD

Tilt to one side: CANT, LEAN, LIST, SLOPE

Words spelled with an upside-down calculator: BOOB, EGGSHELL, GIGGLE, HELLO

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