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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 #808 as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #808.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #808 is... "No rush".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Not running to get there".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- MILD
- MELT
- KEYS
- LACKEY
- SLIME
- TRUE
- DIMES
- CAKE
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 'E'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's TAKEYOURTIME.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #808?
Drumroll, please...
- LEISURELY
- PLACID
- SLOW
- RELAXED
- CALM
- GENTLE
...and the spangram was TAKEYOURTIME.
Strands #808
“No rush”
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Hi Strands fans. Kicking myself for using a clue at the end there, as this wasn't too tough - especially with all but two answers found.
The theme of "No rush" quickly led me to LEISURELY spelt backwards up the right-hand side.
As the word "take" was written downwards to its left, I then connected the spangram of TAKEYOURTIME, which isolated PLACID in the bottom-right corner.
SLOW was in the bottom-left corner, and that helped be find a use for the 'X' above it in RELAXED.
I then hit a blank trying to unpick the two remaining answers in the top-left corner. Using a clue revealed CALM, which was blindingly obvious with hindsight. Still, all that left was to connect GENTLE to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #807.
- HILL
- MOUND
- KNOLL
- BUTTE
- SLOPE
- HUMMOCK
- RIDGE
...and the spangram was HIGHERGROUND.
Strands #807
“On the rise”
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Hi Strands fans. At first the theme of "On the rise" felt a bit too vague to be useful. But then I found HILL in the top-right corner, and the meaning was suddenly obvious.
I then saw MOUND in the top left, so revisited the word "higher" I'd found earlier while looking for clue words. Sure enough, it was part of the spangram, HIGHERGROUND, which was in a neat hill shape at the bottom of the grid.
KNOLL was above it on the right, with BUTTE and SLOPE above that. These isolated the word HUMMOCK at the top of the board, which is just as well as it's not a term I'd ever heard before.
All that was left was to connect RIDGE on the left-hand side to complete the puzzle.
