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 #972 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 #972, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #972.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #972 is... "It's in the bag."
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Halloween door to door."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- CREATE
- TRICE
- DANCES
- CREATE
- REACT
- CASE
- GUNK
- SCAN
- PLACE
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 and ends with 'T'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's TRICKORTREAT.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #972?
Drumroll, please...
- TOOTHBRUSH
- RING
- APPLE
- FANGS
- STICKER
- CANDY
...and the spangram was TRICKORTREAT.
Strands #972
“It's in the bag”
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Hi Strands fans. A frustrating one that sent me in the wrong direction today. Mainly because British trick or treating does not involve toothbrushes, as far as I'm aware.
So when I found the word TOOTHBRUSH at the bottom of the board, I assumed that the theme of "It's in the bag" referred to overnight travel kits.
This was confused by me accidentally connecting RING backwards above my first answer. What on Earth do these two things have in common?
I used a clue which revealed APPLE in the top-right corner. Now I was really baffled. Or I was until I spotted the spangram of TRICKORTREAT coiled from the left-hand side to the right.
That made getting the last few answers pretty straightforward. FANGS was isolated below the spangram, with STICKERS at the top of the board. That just left CANDY in the top-left corner to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #971.
- JUICE
- ELECTRICITY
- POWER
- ENERGY
- CURRENT
- SPARK
...and the spangram was PLUGGEDIN.
Strands #971
“All charged up”
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Hi Strands fans. Maybe it's because I'm a tech writer, and spend most of my days juggling with charging cables, but the theme of "All charged up" seemed immediately obvious to me.
I immediately connected the spangram of PLUGGEDIN from the top-left corner to the right-hand side. Helpfully, this isolated JUICE above it.
So now I knew I was looking for ways of describing ELECTRICITY, which happened to be the third word I found immediately below the spangram.
POWER was next on the right-hand side, with ENERGY below it.
Two answers remained in the bottom-left corner. CURRENT was down the side, with SPARK to its right to complete the puzzle.
