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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 #804 as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #804.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #804 is... "Bon appétit!"
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Tasty pastries (and more)".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- CARER
- CORE
- CLEATS
- RISK
- MAKERS
- RING
- RACE
- CURE
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 'F' and ends in 'Y'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's FRENCHBAKERY.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #804?
Drumroll, please...
- MACARON
- MOUSSE
- MERINGUE
- CROISSANT
- ECLAIR
...and the spangram was FRENCHBAKERY.
Strands #804
“Bon appétit!”
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Hi Strands fans. A really simple one today, given the top line spells out the first half of the spangram: "french".
It didn't take much to extend that down the right-hand side to spell FRENCHBAKERY and blow this puzzle wide open.
MACARON was immediately below "french", with MOUSSE spelt out along the bottom of the board. I then found MERINGUE down the left-hand side.
With hindsight, it's surprising that CROISSANT, that classic of the French bakery, was only the fourth answer I found. But with that out the way, all I needed to do was to connect ECLAIR to its left to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #803.
- BADGER
- FERRET
- POLECAT
- OTTER
- MARTEN
- WOLVERINE
...and the spangram was MUSTELIDS.
Strands #803
“Weaselly wascals”
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Hi Strands fans. This puzzle very neatly tricked me.
When I saw the theme of "Weaselly wascals", the second word made me think of Elmer Fudd, and that got me thinking about Warner Brothers characters - especially when I saw the word "acme" written along the top line. I assumed that was part of the spangram.
But when I failed to find coyotes or road runners, I realized this was in fact, more broad. I found BADGER on the right-hand side, and got that I'd been barking up the wrong tree the whole time.
Sure enough, I then found FERRET below it and POLECAT in the top-left corner. OTTER followed in the bottom-left corner, and that was enough for me to see the spangram of MUSTELIDS, even if I wasn't 100% sure that was the collective term for this kind of critter.
Two words were left to find, each neatly isolated in their own section. MARTEN was on the left, with WOLVERINE in the top right to complete the puzzle.
