NYT Connections Puzzle #874: Clues and Solutions for November 1

Imagine you have 16 words, and your job is to find four groups of four words that share a secret connection.

The game, called Connections from The New York Times, gives you a puzzle every day.

Today's puzzle, number 874, has four categories.

One category is about things you do in court, like 'sue'.

Another is about the color black, like 'inky'.

There's also a category about famous pairs, but only the second person in the duo, like 'Cher' from Sonny & Cher.

The last category is about cartoon characters who are rodents and the first one in their team, like 'Pinky' from Pinky and the Brain.

You have to guess the connections and if you get four right, they go away!

But be careful, too many wrong guesses and the game is over.