Tue, Nov 10

Connections Hint & Answer #1249

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GREEN

HERBAL

RHEOSTATS

BUBBLE

TEE BOX

AIR MATTRESS

SHREDDER

TRADITIONAL

HOLISTIC

SAND TRAP

ROUGH

WHOOPIE CUSHION

TIRE

FOLK

PATOOT

AFTERNOON

YYellow groupEasiest

Yellow group · easiest

These alternative healing approaches range from home remedies and plant-based treatments to caring for the whole body rather than just symptoms.
KINDS OF MEDICINE
FOLKHERBALHOLISTICTRADITIONALEach describes a non-conventional or traditional healing approach: folk medicine uses home remedies, herbal medicine uses plants, holistic treats the whole body, and traditional medicine follows long-established practices.

GGreen groupFairly easy

Green group · fairly easy

From where you start a hole to where you putt, these are all the different kinds of terrain you cross while playing.
PARTS OF A GOLF COURSE
GREENROUGHSAND TRAPTEE BOXThese are areas you encounter playing a hole: the green is the putting surface, the rough is the tall grass, the sand trap is a bunker, and the tee box is where you start.

BBlue groupTricky

Blue group · tricky

Four items here can each be pumped or blown up, whether for lounging, floating, driving, or a silly prank.
THINGS FILLED WITH AIR
AIR MATTRESSBUBBLETIREWHOOPIE CUSHIONEach holds air: an air mattress is inflated for sleeping, a bubble is a sphere of air in liquid, a tire is pumped full of air, and a whoopie cushion is inflated to make a joke sound.

PPurple groupTrickiest — wordplay

Purple group · trickiest — wordplay

These four words each finish with a run of letters that mirrors itself perfectly if you read it in reverse.
ENDING IN PALINDROMES
AFTERNOONPATOOTRHEOSTATSSHREDDEREach word ends in letters that read the same backward: afterNOON ends in NOON, patOOT ends in TOOT, rheoSTATS ends in STATS, and shreDDER ends in REDDER.

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