Connections Answer — October 29, 2026

A coin-operated PARKING METER records paid parking time. This is the familiar meter you feed with change, regardless of other payment methods a particular modern meter may offer.

A PAYPHONE is a public telephone that is usually coin-operated. Inserting coins to make a call supplies the connection; the tile does not claim every payphone accepts only coins.

A PIGGY BANK is a small coin bank, often shaped like a pig. The coins are put away as savings rather than spent on parking or a telephone call.

People toss coins into a WISHING WELL while making a wish. It fits the shared action without needing to be a vending machine or a savings container.

ANTARCTICA is where emperor penguins have their breeding colonies. The place name provides a penguin habitat association rather than naming an animal itself.

EMPEROR completes emperor penguin, the name of a penguin species. Read it as part of that bird name rather than as a human ruler.

TUXEDO is an evening suit or jacket. It supplies a visual comparison with a penguin's dark back and light chest, rather than a claim that the bird wears clothing.

To WADDLE is to walk in short steps with a side-to-side movement. Penguins are familiar examples of this gait, so this tile contributes an action rather than a place or species.

GOTHIC finishes Century Gothic, the typeface listed by Microsoft. The complete name is the useful connection, rather than a general association with architecture or fiction.

ROMAN finishes Times New Roman. Supply the first two words of that typeface name instead of reading the tile as a person from ancient Rome.

SANS completes Comic Sans, the short name Microsoft also uses for Comic Sans MS. Use that familiar name form; the longer product label adds MS after Sans.

TYPEWRITER finishes American Typewriter, catalogued by Adobe as ITC American Typewriter from Monotype. The tile is part of a typeface name here, not a request to find four writing machines.

CALICO points to a spotted animal, especially a cat with white, red/orange and black coloring. The cloth sense alone would not establish a three-color rule: some calico fabric is plain white.

Classic CANDY CORN is a three-colored candy in yellow, orange and white. That familiar version fits; the group does not need every seasonal variation to use the same colors.

NEAPOLITAN refers here to the familiar chocolate, strawberry and vanilla ice cream combination, giving brown, pink and white. The tile is not using the separate meaning of a person from Naples.

A standard three-color TRAFFIC LIGHT has red, yellow and green signals. The group concerns its set of colors, not a claim that all three lights shine at the same time.