Today’s NYT Connections Groups and Answers, Sunday, September 8

Happy Sunday, puzzlers! We are 100 percent ready for some football. It is week one of the NFL season, but maybe that’s not your thing, especially if you’re a 9-year-old who is more than excited for the Minecraft film. And when you’re older than that and still excited for the Minecraft movie, well that’s great too! However you feel, just don’t be such a jerk about it, you know?

Anyway. Your daily sweet 16 words are back and ready for your best grouping efforts. The popular Connections brain teaser of The New York Times has four groups of words with a shared theme or common denominator, but they are randomized so you can figure them out yourself. Remember to take your time: many words have multiple meanings, so think twice before you click.

Today’s words: FROST, BEACH, PUMP, POPE, BREED, BISHOP, PET STORE, POUND, HARDY, BEAT, PRIOR, BAKING, BANG, BAD, PREHEAT, And PASTOR