NYT Connections Soccer Edition Puzzle #45 — Answers for July 25, 2026

📌 Puzzle #45 Summary

Date: Saturday, July 25, 2026
Puzzle Number: #45
Difficulty: ⭐⭐⭐ Medium
🟨 Yellow: English Football Grounds
🟩 Green: Matchday Fan Atmosphere
🟦 Blue: Associated with West Ham United
🟪 Purple: Words Preceded by "West"

✅ Full Answers

🟨 English Football Grounds

CITY GROUND CRAVEN COTTAGE RIVERSIDE STADIUM STADIUM OF LIGHT

🟩 Matchday Fan Atmosphere

CHANTS DRUMS FLARES SMOKE

🟦 Associated with West Ham United

BOWEN BUBBLES HAMMERS UPTON PARK

🟪 Words Preceded by "West"

BROMWICH ALBION FALENSTADION GERMANY HAM

🎯 Strategy Tips

Lock in the English stadiums and fan atmosphere terms first. Isolating the West Ham United connections will leave the hidden wordplay group (words starting with "West") cleanly at the end.

⚠️ Red Herring Warning: UPTON PARK and CITY GROUND might seem like standard stadium pairs, but UPTON PARK belongs exclusively to the West Ham cluster. Meanwhile, HAM and BROMWICH ALBION are designed to distract from the "West" wordplay theme.

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