NYT Pips hints, answers for August 31

Pips, a puzzle game by the New York Times, is a color-coded puzzle game that combines dominoes with numerical rules. Players must satisfy specific conditions in colored spaces, such as "Number" and "Equal". The game has Easy, Medium, and Hard levels, with Easy requiring 10 and Equal-2 conditions, Medium pushing totals above 4 and 6, and Hard demanding precise totals and strict Equal spaces.