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Need help with Strands #760? 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 #760 as well as the answers, should it come to that.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #760.

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

The official theme for NYT Strands #760 is... "On track."

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Giddy up."

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

  • JOKE
  • TESTER
  • ROOKIE
  • TRIES
  • CORES
  • KING
  • TORSO
  • REST

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 'H' and ends with 'G'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's HORSERACING.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #760?

Drumroll, please...

  • JOCKEY
  • AGENT
  • BETTOR
  • TRAINER
  • BOOKIE
  • TIPSTER

Strands #760

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...and the spangram was HORSERACING.

Strands #760

“On track”

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Hi Strands fans. Another straightforward one for me today, as the word "horse" jumped out at me right away. It was pretty easy to extend it into the spangram of HORSERACING, and I was, uh, off to the races.

You can't have horse racing without a JOCKEY, which I found in the middle of the spangram. I was the able to get AGENT in the top-right corner and BETTOR in the left-over gap to finish the top half.

The bottom section was equally easy. TRAINER was in the bottom-left corner, with BOOKIE to its right. That just left TIPSTER in the bottom-right corner to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #759.

Strands #759

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  • QUIET
  • INAUDIBLE
  • NOISELESS
  • SILENT
  • HUSHED

...and the spangram was SHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Strands #759

“Don't make a peep”

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Hi Strands fans. Ever wondered how many 'H's you can put in a shh? According to the NYT's puzzle setters, it's at least 12.

That meant I got the spangram right away, seeing the sheer density of the letter 'H' in the middle of the board, and connecting them to the 'S' in the top-left corner to spell SHHHHHHHHHHHH.

That made the rest of the puzzle a doddle. I found QUIET in the bottom-left corner, followed by INAUDIBLE above it, and NOISELESS to its right to finish the side.

Two words were left in the top-right segment. SILENT was spelt backwards on the left-hand side, with HUSHED to its right to complete the puzzle.

Alan Martin
Alan Martin

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