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 #928 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 #928, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #928.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #928 is... "A little comic relief".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Hand-drawn laughs."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- BLOKES
- CLAPS
- MUSTY
- SUNNY
- STUN
- PIES
- HIPPY
- STICK
- BLIND
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 'T' and ends in 'S'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's THEFUNNYPAGES.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #928?
Drumroll, please...
- ZIPPY
- MUTTS
- ZITS
- PEANUTS
- BLONDIE
- PICKLES
...and the spangram was THEFUNNYPAGES.
Strands #928
“A little comic relief”
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Hi Strands fans. While this puzzle was squarely aimed at American audiences, I was able to get through without clues with a little trial and error.
I was fortunate in that I saw the spangram first of all. I spotted the word "the" in the top-left corner, and followed it right with "funny". From there, it was simple to figure out that it had to be THEFUNNYPAGES.
Great. As a Brit, I don't know many American cartoon strips, aside from the world famous ones.
Fortunately, the two 'Z's on the board gave me a springboard, with the first being ZIPPY which sounded plausible enough. I took a quick break to guess MUTTS in the space to its right, before hazarding that the other 'Z' was part of ZITS.
I then connected the one I did know: PEANUTS. Given I recently visited the Snoopy museum in Tokyo, it would be pretty bad if I didn't get that one right.
I was extremely close to using a clue after that, but stopped when one of the clue words I chose was "bloke". I saw I could also spell "blonde" in the space and then realized the answer was likely BLONDIE.
That just left PICKLES above it to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #927.
- JAZZY
- BRIGHT
- VIVID
- FLASHY
- VIBRANT
- STRIKING
...and the spangram was EYECATCHING.
Strands #927
“Hard not to notice”
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Hi Strands fans. The double 'Z' in the bottom-right corner gave the game away for me today. I was able to connect JAZZY and with the theme of "Hard not to notice", it was pretty clear what this puzzle was about.
I quickly connected BRIGHT and VIVID above it up the right-hand side, and could see "ching" to the left of my three answers. I correctly guessed this was the end of the spangram and followed it backwards to spell out EYECATCHING.
That isolated one more answer in the right-hand section (FLASHY), leaving two answers to find on the left side.
I connected VIBRANT in a reverse 'L' shape on the right, which just left STRIKING next to it to complete the puzzle.
