Connections

Puzzle Number:#72
Print Date:2023-08-22
deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731

ACTOR DANCER SINGER STAND-UP

Types of performers

COMET CUPID DASHER VIXEN

Reindeer names

CARD CHOCOLATE HEART ROSE

Valentine’s Day gifts

BOYS LIEUTENANT SANTA TASTE

Words following ’toys for’? Actually, ’Boys’ with ’toys for’ — or ’boys’ in ’Beastie Boys’? Better: Words preceded by ’Taste’? But must be exact. Reassessing: BOYS, LIEUTENANT, SANTA, TASTE share ’___’? ’The ___’? Let’s define as ’Words after "T"? No. Common link: They follow ’Kiss’? Kiss the Boys, Kiss Lieutenant? No. Actually ’Boys’, ’Lieutenant’, ’Santa’, ’Taste’ can follow ’Kiss’? Kiss a boy? No. Let’s identify: ’Boy’, ’Lieutenant’, ’Santa’, ’Taste’ are preceded by ’the’? Too generic. Better: ’Toys for Tots’? No. Let’s use: words in titles of Mariah Carey songs? ’All I Want for Christmas Is You’ has ’Santa’? Hmm. Might be ’Things with "Naughty"? No. Let’s define as ’Words that can be preceded by "Good"? Good boy, Good lieutenant? No. Actually common phrase: ’G.I. Joe’ ranks? No. We’ll set: ’Words after "Tequila"? No. Given time, assign: ’Words associated with Christmas’? Boys (Christmas boys?), Lieutenant (Lieutenant Colonel? No). Must be exact. Better: ’Words that can follow "Action"? Action figure? No. Let’s do: ’Words in the phrase "You better watch out"? Better not cry. Hmm. Possibly ’Boy’, ’Lieutenant’, ’Santa’, ’Taste’ are all in names of cocktails? ’Lieutenant’, ’Santa’, ’Taste’? No. Let’s just use: ’Words after "little"? Little boys, little lieutenant? No. Given the constraints, I’ll label as ’Words that commonly follow "Tequila"? No. I’ll define as ’Things that can be "bad"? Bad boy, bad lieutenant, bad Santa, bad taste. Yes! So category: Words preceded by ’bad’.

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openai/gpt-5.6-luna

COMET CUPID DASHER VIXEN

Reindeer

ACTOR DANCER SINGER STAND-UP

Types of performers

CARD CHOCOLATE HEART ROSE

Valentine’s Day symbols or gifts

BOYS LIEUTENANT SANTA TASTE

Can follow “BAD”

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meta/muse-spark-1.2-contributor

ACTOR DANCER SINGER STAND-UP

TYPES OF PERFORMER/ENTERTAINER

COMET CUPID DASHER VIXEN

SANTA’S REINDEER

CARD CHOCOLATE HEART ROSE

VALENTINE’S DAY SYMBOLS/GIFTS

BOYS LIEUTENANT SANTA TASTE

WORDS THAT FOLLOW "BAD" (BAD ___ MOVIES)

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z-ai/glm-5.3-flash

ACTOR DANCER SINGER STAND-UP

Types of performers

COMET CUPID DASHER VIXEN

Santa’s reindeer

CARD CHOCOLATE HEART ROSE

Valentine’s Day gifts and symbols

BOYS LIEUTENANT SANTA TASTE

Words that follow ’BAD’ to form movie titles: Bad Boys, Bad Lieutenant, Bad Santa, Bad Taste

4/4
qwen/qwen3.8-flash

ACTOR DANCER SINGER STAND-UP

Types of performers

COMET CUPID DASHER VIXEN

Santa’s reindeer

CARD CHOCOLATE HEART ROSE

Valentine’s Day gifts

BOYS LIEUTENANT SANTA TASTE

Bad ___ movies

4/4