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"links" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often connections (11 letters).
Definitions
Connections, web references, or seaside golf courses.
Word origin
From Scots links (“sandy, rolling ground near seashore”), linkis, from Old English hlincas (“rising grounds, hills”).
Used in a sentence
“but what worthy golf links is not intolerably hard of access?”
“The royal and ancient game of golf may now claim to be the universal game of the world, as in every part of the habitable globe links are to be found.”
“All over the country, links are scattered — club links, public links, and private links — and every year the number grows.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Golf by the sea”5 letters
02“Seaside course”5 letters
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