Today's NYT Strands hints and answer: solutions to game #708, February 9
Need help with Strands #708? 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 #708 as well as the answers, should it come to that.
We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #708, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #708.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #708 is... "Frequent flyer".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Ready for takeoff".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- CURT
- SPATS
- ROPES
- TAIL
- POST
- TRAGIC
- STAR
- CURTSY
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 'A' and ends with 'S'.
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Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's AIRPORTS.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #708?
Drumroll, please...
- PASSPORT
- LUGGAGE
- TARMAC
- PILOT
- SECURITY
- RUNWAY
...and the spangram was AIRPORTS.
Strands #708
“Frequent flyer”
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Hi Strands fans. With a theme of "Frequent flyer", today's puzzle was extremely likely to be about planes or airports in some capacity.
That was proven to be correct almost instantly, when I spotted the spangram of AIRPORTS across the middle of the grid.
From there on, it was just a case of listing words associated with air travel. I found PASSPORT in the top-right corner, followed by LUGGAGE and TARMAC below the spangram. PILOT in the bottom-right corner completed the half.
Two words were left to find in the top section. SECURITY snaked from just above the left of the spangram to the middle of the grid, leaving RUNWAY in the top-left corner to round things off.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #707.
- TWIST
- SHRIMP
- CHERRY
- OLIVE
- CELERY
- SPRIG
...and the spangram was COCKTAILGARNISH.
Strands #707
“Make it fancy”
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Hi Strands fans. I was off to a flyer today, when I saw the word TWIST in the top-left corner.
I didn't know the theme was about drinks yet, but a twist certainly sounds fancy in any context. Then I saw the word "cocktail" and it all made sense. I extended this to spell out COCKTAILGLASS, which was pleasingly in the shape it described.
After that, it was pretty straightforward with the board neatly split in two. I found SHRIMP at the top of the right-hand side, with CHERRY below it.
The left-hand side was equally easy. OLIVE was at the top, with CELERY at the bottom. That just left SPRIG in between the two to complete the puzzle.
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