ByErik Kain,

Senior Contributor.

I made a hearty brunch on Thanksgiving and while I prepared the meal, I put on Christmas music. So it begins. The holiday season is upon us. The year 2025 is coming to an end. Thanksgiving is in the rearview and jolly Old Saint Nick is hard at work with his elves and reindeer and the myriad contractors he must employ to keep everything in tip-top shape. I doubt he has time for NYT Games puzzles, but we do. Let’s solve this Pips!

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In Pips, you have a grid of multicolored boxes. Each colored area represents a different “condition” that you have to achieve. You have a select number of dominoes that you have to spend filling in the grid. You must use every domino and achieve every condition properly to win. There are Easy, Medium and Difficult tiers.