NEW YORK — Saturday's New York Times Connections puzzle uses two-word phrases throughout, and every category depends on spotting the right half of each phrase.

Puzzle No. 1210 is rated moderately difficult, about 2.5 out of 5 according to the Connections Companion. Players who notice the pattern early should find it much easier to solve.

Below are hints and tips to help you work through the grid, followed by the full answers.

How Connections works

Connections, launched by The New York Times in 2023 and edited by Wyna Liu, gives players 16 words or phrases to sort into four groups of four. Each group shares a common theme.

The groups are color-coded by difficulty:

Yellow is the easiest.

Green is moderately easy.

Purple is the most difficult and usually involves wordplay.

Players can make up to four mistakes before the game ends. A new puzzle is released daily at midnight local time.

Saturday's puzzle features 16 two-word entries:

CAN OPENER, HEAD WAITER, JOHN DENVER, W.C. FIELDS, ELBOW GREASE, FAT CATS, LINDA HAMILTON, SOMETHING WICKED, BROAD BEAN, GETTY IMAGES, MET HALFWAY, WHITNEY HOUSTON,........

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