Today's NYT Strands hints and answer: solutions to game #779, April 21

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 #779 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 #779, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #779.

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

The official theme for NYT Strands #779 is... "Risky business".

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Extreme bravery".

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

• ROUTER
• CAROLS
• PRINTED
• BOIL
• CRUDE
• NEAT
• PETALS
• TROUSER
• CRUDE

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 'D' and ends in 'S'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's DAREDEVILS.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #779?

Drumroll, please...

• BOLD
• GUTSY
• INTREPID
• COURAGEOUS
• ADVENTUROUS

...and the spangram was DAREDEVILS.

Strands #779

“Risky business”

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Hi Strands fans. I felt a bit slow on the draw today, meaning my mind was completely blank when I was greeted by the theme of "Risky business".

A clue revealed BOLD in the bottom-right corner, which made me realize this was going to be all about synonyms for bravery.

Sure enough, I found GUTSY in the top-right corner, with INTREPID spelt backwards along the bottom. I then found COURAGEOUS snaking around the board from the middle to the bottom-left corner.

That helped me find the spangram immediately above it: DAREDEVILS starting on the left-hand side and finishing on the right.

One word was left to find. ADVENTUROUS was spelt backwards along the top of the board to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #778.

• GLITTER
• GLEAM
• GLOW
• GLISTEN
• GLINT
• GLIMMER

...and the spangram was CATCHTHELIGHT.

Strands #778

“Gloriously glaring!”

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Hi Strands fans. Have we ever had a puzzle where all the answers (spangram aside) start with the same letter before? I think this might be a first.

The prominence of the letter 'G' was reflected in the theme: "Gloriously glaring!", though I didn't catch on at first.

I found GLITTER in the bottom-left corner, and while I could see the word "catch" written backwards next to it, I couldn't see how to connect it as the spangram just yet.

It wouldn't take long though, as I found GLEAM above it and GLOW to its right to shape the direction of travel. It was, of course, CATCHTHELIGHT.

I now had an inkling that this would only be words beginning with 'G' so focused on that specific letter.

It bore fruit immediately, as I connected GLISTEN in the top-left corner, followed by GLINT directly opposite. All that was left was to connect GLIMMER above it to complete the puzzle.