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NYT Connections Soccer Edition Puzzle #20 — Answers for June 30, 2026

📌 Puzzle #20 Summary

  • Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026
  • Puzzle Number: #20
  • Difficulty: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hard
  • 🟨 Yellow: TIEBREAKERS
  • 🟩 Green: TELEVISION _____
  • 🟦 Blue: SPANISH CLUBS
  • 🟪 Purple: HARRY KANE CLUBS
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✅ Full Answers

🟨 TIEBREAKERS

EXTRA TIME GOLDEN GOAL PENALTY SHOOTOUT SILVER GOAL

🟩 TELEVISION _____

ANCHOR BROADCAST CAMERA REPLAY

🟦 SPANISH CLUBS

ATLÉTICO MADRID BARCELONA VILLARREAL SEVILLA

🟪 HARRY KANE CLUBS

BAYERN MUNICH LEYTON ORIENT MILLWALL TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

🎯 Strategy Tips

Knock out the match tiebreakers (Yellow) first to clear the massive multi-word phrases from your view. Next, clear out the media terms (Green). This cleanly isolates the football clubs, allowing you to separate Spain's elite tier from the specific club registry of Harry Kane's historic goalscoring journey.

⚠️ Red Herring Warning: The Media/Pitch Cross: CAMERA and REPLAY might make you think of modern VAR (Video Assistant Referee) tech setups on the pitch. Keep your perspective broader—think about what makes up the entire studio package. The London Confusion: Lower-league teams like LEYTON ORIENT and MILLWALL might look like an obscure English capital geographic trap if you try to group them solely by location. Instead, think about the famous academy graduate who temporarily called them home before stepping onto the world stage. The "Goal" Trap: While GOLDEN GOAL and SILVER GOAL are dead giveaways for old tournament tiebreakers, make sure you don't accidentally try to force a general verb like "shoot" or player names into a goalscoring theme.

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