June 12 NYT Connections: Meta-Themed Answer Key Revealed

Full hints and the answer key for the NYT Connections puzzle No. 1097 (June 12). All four groups follow a “Starting with” theme: Yellow group (incantations) yields charm bracelet, curse word, hex key, spell checker; Green group (animal-name starters) yields murder mystery, pack rat, Pride Rock, school days; Blue group (synonyms for “repeat”) yields copy editor, Echo Park, mirror selfie, quote unquote; Purple group (river-part starts) yields bank teller, bed head, Delta Airlines, mouth guard. The piece also notes NYT’s puzzle bot and progress-tracking features.