NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for September 8, 2025

Puzzle #820
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💡 Today's Hints for Monday, September 8, 2025
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🟨 "Unfounded claims
NONSENSE
BALONEY
BULL
BUNK
RUBBISH
🟩 "Boost, with 'up'
INCREASE, WITH “UP”
CRANK
HIKE
JACK
RAISE
🟦 "Secretive characters, not real ones
FICTIONAL SPIES
ARCHER
HUNT
PEEL
POWERS
🟪 "Common to whiskered companions
CAT___
FISH
NAP
TAIL
WALK