Today’s NYT Connections Groups and Answers, Saturday, August 31

It’s called Labor Day weekend, but the only work you should be doing is flipping burgers on the grill and deciding which college football game you’re going to watch when the season really kicks off this week. Or you could College Football 25

and find out if you’re a better coach than the idiot who tried it on fourth down deep in his own territory and had a lousy QB draw for a loss.

In fact, you can get a little work done, and all you need is a screen and your big brain: your daily sweet 16 words are back and ready for your best grouping efforts. The popular Connections

Brainbuster by The New York Times has four groups of words with a common theme or commonality, but shuffled in a random order for you to figure them out. Remember to take your time – many words have multiple meanings, so think twice before you click.

Words of the day: GREEK, COOK, CROWN, SPORT, MONTICELLO, RINGS, GARDEN, EAGLE, SHOP, ROOTS, TORCH, WEDGE, BARK, ART, SHIELD, And COMICS.