NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for September 5, 2025

Puzzle #817
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💡 Today's Hints for Friday, September 5, 2025
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🟨 "Spice of life elements
PIQUANCY
KICK
PUNCH
ZEST
ZING
🟩 "Unaccompanied or unclaimed
AVAILABLE
FREE
SINGLE
SOLO
STAG
🟦 "Goat, deer, hare, sheep
MALE ANIMALS
BILLY
BUCK
JACK
RAM
🟪 "Eras of the East
CHINESE DYNASTIES
HAN
MING
SONG
TANG