Today's NYT Strands hints and answer: solutions to game #795, May 7

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 #795 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 #795, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #795.

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

The official theme for NYT Strands #795 is... "Go right ahead."

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Signed off".

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

• MINE
• PESTILENCE
• PESTLES
• PAVER
• SPECIES
• VESTS
• BEST
• DONE

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 'G' and ends in 'D'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's GIVETHENOD.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #795?

Drumroll, please...

• SANCTION
• ALLOW
• PERMIT
• APPROVE
• BLESS
• LICENSE

...and the spangram was GIVETHENOD.

Strands #795

“Go right ahead”

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Hi Strands fans. It took me a while to figure out what this puzzle was about, but when I finally got my first correct answer, the flood gates quickly opened.

With the theme of "Go right ahead", I was looking for something related to directions, when actually it was all about approval. This finally clicked when I found SANCTION in the bottom-left corner, having convinced myself that the word "give" to its right was part of the spangram.

I was then able to get ALLOW in the top-right corner, and subsequently returned to my theory above the spangram. It was indeed correct, and I linked GIVETHENOD spelt backwards from the bottom of the board to the top.

All that was left was to find four more answers, neatly divided into two sets of two. On the left-hand side, I found PERMIT in the middle, with APPROVE above it.

Moving onto the remaining section, I found BLESS in the middle with LICENSE below it to complete another puzzle without using any clues.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #794.

• SOAR
• CLIMB
• ASCEND
• SPARKLE
• SHIMMER
• RADIATE

...and the spangram was RISEANDSHINE.

Strands #794

“Get-up-and-go!”

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Hi Strands fans. Today's puzzle is one of those where there are actually two sets of answers, with each related to the two halves of the spangram.

I actually found said spangram first, seeing the word "shine" in the top-right, and working backwards to spell RISEANDSHINE.

Normally this division of the board would kickstart a glut of answers, but not today. I had to use a clue, which revealed SOAR in the top-left corner, making me realize that the top half would be synonyms for the 'rise' part of the spangram.

I duly found CLIMB spelt diagonally along the spangram, and ASCEND in the space it created above.

I was sure that the bottom half was going to be related to the "shine" part, and I wasn't disappointed, finding SPARKLE at the top, with SHIMMER in the bottom-left corner. All that was left was to connect RADIATE to complete the puzzle.