Today's NYT Strands hints and answer: solutions to game #768, April 10

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 #768 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 #768, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #768.

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

The official theme for NYT Strands #768 is... "On the sly."

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Use your guile."

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

• CAKE
• WHEY
• DIVE
• YEAH
• SILK
• SICK
• YIELD
• WILD
• FIELD

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 'X'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's LIKEAFOX.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #768?

Drumroll, please...

• WILY
• CUNNING
• CRAFTY
• DEVIOUS
• CANNY
• SHREWD
• SLICK

...and the spangram was LIKEAFOX.

Strands #768

“On the sly”

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Hi Strands fans. I confess, I was absolutely lost at first and couldn't see a single answer.

So I used a clue which revealed WILY in the middle of the board, and I realized it was about synonyms for "sly". Which I suppose was pretty obvious given the theme was "On the sly". Oh well.

Anyway, after that it was plain sailing. CUNNING is the first word I associate with "sly", and that was in the bottom-right corner. Given it was right next to the 'X', I was able to get the spangram of LIKEAFOX while I was there.

CRAFTY and DEVIOUS completed the right-hand side, leaving three to find on the left. I found CANNY at the top, followed by SHREWD underneath it. That just left SLICK at the bottom to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #767.

• ENAMEL
• FRESCO
• PASTEL
• WATERCOLOR
• ACRYLIC
• TEMPERA

...and the spangram was MEDIUM.

Strands #767

“In the paint”

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Hi Strands fans. I struggled a bit today, despite seeing the spangram right away. The word MEDIUM written in a straight line across the fourth row just jumped out at me from the get go.

That should have set me up nicely, but I didn't know what it meant, even within the context of the theme ("In the paint"). So I used a clue, which revealed ENAMEL, and I realized it was about different kinds of paint.

This, to put it mildly, is not my forte. Nonetheless, I was able to complete the top half easily enough as it was essentially two anagrams. PASTEL was on the right, with FRESCO on the left.

Moving onto the bottom half, I found WATERCOLOR in the bottom-left corner, but then was a little stuck. Eventually, I spotted ACRYLIC spelt backwards above it, and that just left TEMPERA in the bottom-right corner to complete the puzzle.