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Need help with Strands #799? Here are some hints and the answers

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Need a bit of help with NYT Strands today? No shame in that, and you've come to the right place. Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #799 as well as the answers, should it come to that.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #799.

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Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints

The official theme for NYT Strands #799 is... "A nice medley."

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "A combination of elements".

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:

  • DODGE
  • SIDES
  • MUMBLES
  • SHAMES
  • PAGE
  • BENDS
  • MULES
  • DOPE

Still struggling? The spangram touches two opposite sides of the board (but can start and end anywhere), and will give you a hint about the connection between the answers. Today, it starts with 'O' and ends in 'S'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's ODDSANDENDS.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #799?

Drumroll, please...

  • VARIETY
  • JUMBLE
  • HODGEPODGE
  • RAGBAG
  • MISHMASH

Strands #799

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...and the spangram was ODDSANDENDS.

Strands #799

“A nice medley”

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Hi Strands fans. A slightly tricky one today. "Medley", to me, feels musical, and even when I connected VARIETY in the middle of the board, I was somewhat stumped, so used a clue.

That clue revealed JUMBLE in the middle of the grid, and I then spotted HODGEPODGE in the top-left corner. This, combined with my earlier answer of VARIETY, neatly blocked off RAGBAG in the top-right corner.

Two answers were left to find, including the spangram, which I got first. It was ODDSANDENDS, spreading from the middle of the left-hand side to the center of the bottom row, via right-hand corner. That just left MISHMASH in the gap to finish the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #798.

Strands #798

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  • GLARING
  • OBVIOUS
  • BLATANT
  • OVERT
  • BRAZEN
  • FLAGRANT

...and the spangram was CLEARCUT.

Strands #798

“We all saw it”

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Hi Strands fans. It took me a while to get started on this one, and I had amassed quite a few clue words for the list above before I got my first answer on the board.

That answer was GLARING, and it made it immediately obvious what the theme of "We all saw it" refers to. This is a puzzle about that's about being obvious in your actions.

With that in mind, I connected OBVIOUS on the left-hand side, followed by BLATANT below it. These three answers combined to show the shape of the spangram, and I duly connected CLEARCUT from the bottom of the grid to the top.

One word was still to find on the left-hand side, and I quickly unpicked the anagram of TVORE to spell OVERT.

Moving onto the right-hand side, I found BRAZEN in the middle, which just left FLAGRANT in the top corner to complete the puzzle.

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