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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 #743 as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #743.
Article continues belowToday's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #743 is... "The big dance".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "It's about sports."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- CARDS
- BRIT
- CARE
- MOVER
- CHARM
- RELIC
- BARDS
- BIMBLE
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 'M' and ends with 'S'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's MARCHMADNESS.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #743?
Drumroll, please...
- CHALK
- BUBBLE
- BRACKET
- OVERTIME
- CINDERELLA
...and the spangram was MARCHMADNESS.
Strands #743
“The Big Dance”
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Hi Strands fans. I had zero chance with today's puzzle, as a Brit with no interest in basketball whatsoever.
I have only the loosest sense of what March Madness is, and had no idea that it's sometimes referred to as "The Big Dance", so was going into this puzzle looking for dance-related terms.
That obviously got me nowhere, so I used no fewer than four clues finding words that seemed to have nothing to do with each other.
The first revealed CHALK in the top-left corner, with the second showing BUBBLE at the very bottom of the grid. The next one showed BRACKET in the top-right corner, and my final use gave me OVERTIME.
I still didn't have a clue what was going on, but mercifully the two remaining answers were in their own sections, so I could just figure out the anagrams.
CINDERELLA was in the bottom-right corner, which just left the spangram of MARCHMADNESS to complete an infuriatingly esoteric puzzle for those of us outside the United States.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #742.
- PICTURE
- DIRECTOR
- ACTOR
- SOUND
- ACTRESS
- SONG
...and the spangram was ACADEMYAWARD.
Strands #742
“Best of all”
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Hi Strands fans. I'm pretty sure we've had an Oscar-related Strands game before, but there's no reason the topic shouldn't be repeated I guess!
I didn't realize it was Oscars related immediately, of course. While the first word I found was PICTURE in the bottom-left corner, I thought this might be part of "picture perfect" or other expressions that could plausibly relate to the theme of "Best of all".
It was only when I found DIRECTOR at the top of the grid that I realized this was about the ACADEMYAWARDs - the spangram that crossed the board in a vaguely Oscar statue-shaped pattern.
That neatly cordoned off two more short answers: ACTOR to the top left and SOUND on the other side.
Two words were left to find at the bottom of the board. ACTRESS was in the bottom right, meaning I just had to connect SONG to its left to complete the puzzle.
