Today's NYT Strands hints and answer: solutions to game #795, May 5

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 #794 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 #794, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #794.

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

The official theme for NYT Strands #794 is... "Get-up-and-go!"

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Moving up and glowing".

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

• CRISP
• ALIEN
• SPREAD
• MEAT
• TRADE
• MIST
• SIMPLE
• CLASP

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 'R' and ends in 'E'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's RISEANDSHINE.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #794?

Drumroll, please...

• SOAR
• CLIMB
• ASCEND
• SPARKLE
• SHIMMER
• RADIATE

...and the spangram was RISEANDSHINE.

Strands #794

“Get-up-and-go!”

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Hi Strands fans. Today's puzzle is one of those where there are actually two sets of answers, with each related to the two halves of the spangram.

I actually found said spangram first, seeing the word "shine" in the top-right, and working backwards to spell RISEANDSHINE.

Normally this division of the board would kickstart a glut of answers, but not today. I had to use a clue, which revealed SOAR in the top-left corner, making me realize that the top half would be synonyms for the 'rise' part of the spangram.

I duly found CLIMB spelt diagonally along the spangram, and ASCEND in the space it created above.

I was sure that the bottom half was going to be related to the "shine" part, and I wasn't disappointed, finding SPARKLE at the top, with SHIMMER in the bottom-left corner. All that was left was to connect RADIATE to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #793.

• ALARM
• SNOOZE
• DATE
• TIME
• RADIO
• DISPLAY
• TUNER

...and the spangram was DIGITALCLOCK.

Strands #793

“Get up!”

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Hi Strands fans. A nice and easy one today. Or at least it was for me, as I found two very telling answers right away.

I spotted ALARM along the top of the board, and then realized that the 'Z' along the left-hand side had to be part of SNOOZE. Those two combined made the theme obvious, and I duly connected the spangram of DIGITALCLOCK from the top-left corner to the bottom right.

I decided to tackle the right-hand side first, finding DATE written in a straight line downwards in the bottom corner, followed by TIME and RADIO above it.

The left-hand side was equally quick to round off. I found DISPLAY in the bottom-left corner, which just left TUNER to its right to finish the puzzle.