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Need help with Strands #723? Here are some hints and the answers

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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 #723 as well as the answers, should it come to that.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #723.

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

The official theme for NYT Strands #723 is... "Just for reference."

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Useful books".

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

  • TRIES
  • RISKS
  • CRIES
  • NARY
  • COOKER
  • SHARKS
  • ACTOR
  • PACT

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 'L' and ends with 'P'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's LOOKITUP.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #723?

Drumroll, please...

  • ENCYCLOPEDIA
  • DICTIONARY
  • THESAURUS
  • DIRECTORY

Strands #723

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...and the spangram was LOOKITUP.

Strands #723

“Just for reference”

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Hi Strands fans. A nice easy one today. For me, the theme of "Just for reference" can only refer to reference books, and I immediately spotted the unusual combination of letters that make up ENCYCLOPEDIA in the top-left corner.

The DICTIONARY is a good partner to that, and I duly found it in the bottom-right corner.

I was then looking for a spangram containing the word "book", but when I instead saw "look" in the bottom-left corner, I extended that to spell LOOKITUP instead.

That left the two remaining answers in their own sections. THESAURUS was on the right-hand side, with DIRECTORY on the left to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #722.

Strands #722

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  • STRING
  • FRETBOARD
  • BRIDGE
  • BODY
  • PEGS
  • HEADSTOCK
  • NECK

...and the spangram was GUITAR.

Strands #722

“Strike a chord”

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Hi Strands fans. A nice easy one today. With a theme like "Strike a chord", this was always going to be about the GUITAR, right?

Sure enough, I found that spangram from left to right near the top of the board, and began to brainstorm the guitar's component parts.

STRING was in the bottom-left corner, with FRETBOARD on the opposite side. BRIDGE was above that, with BODY and PEGS to the left to complete the bottom half.

The top section was a little trickier, because I'd not heard of the word HEADSTOCK, but when neither 'head' nor 'stock' connected on their own, I successfully tried them both together. That just left NECK spelt backwards in the gap to complete the puzzle.

Alan Martin
Alan Martin

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