You seem to have a more inate talent for this game than I do.

That is very impressive. I also managed a perfect solve but it took me 8:07 minutes.

spoiler Same. Even knowing the category, my brain took a second to see “hen”.

Interesting, I found today’s easier than usual.

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I wonder whether today’s is more British leaning than usual? I tend to struggle with the overtly American puzzles.

Inspector Morse, for example, is a classic British TV show that is still sometimes shown in re-runs.

Hypnotic wouldn’t have been the word I used to describe yellow but haze clearly fits with dream, trance, and spell as a being in a “fuzzy” mental state e.g. alcohol haze, drug trance, under a spell, dream state.

Also, I’m fairly sure I learned nanny at school.

Connections Puzzle #1007 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Yay, well done 🎉