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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 #695 as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #695.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #695 is... "Canine classics".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Dog tags."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- ROSEY
- SOBER
- BEANS
- HEAR
- SPURT
- SOUR
- BOORS
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 'Y'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's HEREBOY.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #695?
Drumroll, please...
- SPOT
- BUDDY
- BANDIT
- SCRUFFY
- BLUE
- CHAMP
- SCOUT
- ROVER
...and the spangram was HEREBOY.
Strands #695
“Canine classics”
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Hi Strands fans. A nice easy one today, with the word "canine" in the theme revealing that this would be about dogs straight away. In fact, the only surprise was that there was no room for "Snoopy" in the list.
I found SPOT at the bottom of the board, with BUDDY to its right. SCRUFFY above them helped me find the spangram of HEREBOY spelt across the grid from left to right.
That isolated BANDIT in the bottom-left corner, leaving just the top half to go.
These were clearly going to be smaller answers, with four words split between 19 characters. I duly found BLUE spelt backwards along the left-hand side, followed by CHAMP to its left. That just left ROVER and SCOUT to the right to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #694.
- MERLOT
- SHIRAZ
- MALBEC
- ZINFANDEL
- CHARDONNAY
...and the spangram was BYTHEBOTTLE.
Strands #694
“Grape expectations”
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Hi Strands fans. The only difficult thing about this puzzle is that the word "wine" doesn't appear anywhere on the board. In fact, there aren't any 'W's either.
Still, with a theme like "Grape expectations", it felt like it was still going to be about wine, and that was quickly confirmed when I found MERLOT on the right-hand side. SHIRAZ was above it, and MALBEC below to reinforce the point.
I was then able to connect the spangram to the left of the three. BYTHEBOTTLE was spelt backwards from bottom to top in a shape kind of resembling a bottle opener.
Two words were left to find, and they were a little trickier. Eventually, I realized the 'Z' was part of ZINFANDEL, and that just left CHARDONNAY to complete the puzzle.
