NYT Connections Soccer Edition Puzzle #68 — Answers for August 17, 2026

📌 Puzzle #68 Summary

  • Date: Monday, August 17, 2026
  • Puzzle Number: #68
  • Difficulty: ⭐⭐⭐ Medium
  • 🟨 Yellow: YORKSHIRE CLUBS TO HAVE PLAYED IN PREMIER LEAGUE
  • 🟩 Green: ______ TACKLE
  • 🟦 Blue: WON PFA PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
  • 🟪 Purple: MOSCOW CLUBS

✅ Full Answers

🟨 YORKSHIRE CLUBS TO HAVE PLAYED IN PREMIER LEAGUE

HUDDERSFIELD HULL LEEDS MIDDLESBROUGH

🟩 ______ TACKLE

DANGEROUS FAIR LATE SLIDE

🟦 WON PFA PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

BERGKAMP FODEN GINOLA HAZARD

🟪 MOSCOW CLUBS

DYNAMO LOKOMOTIV SPARTAK TORPEDO

🎯 Strategy Tips

Start by grouping YORKSHIRE CLUBS TO HAVE PLAYED IN PREMIER LEAGUE (Yellow) and ______ TACKLE (Green). Next, separate the award-winning Premier League stars (WON PFA PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Blue) from the Russian teams in MOSCOW CLUBS (Purple).

⚠️ Red Herring Warning: Watch out for "LATE" and "SLIDE"! Don't confuse these as generic match actions or temporal modifiers. LATE and SLIDE belong in Green alongside DANGEROUS and FAIR to complete phrases ending in "TACKLE"!

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