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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 #806 as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #806.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #806 is... "The daily rind".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Juicy fruits".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- QUITE
- LIKE
- PROM
- TROOP
- RANGE
- POOL
- MINE
- ROTTER
- MULE
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 'C' and ends in 'S'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's CITRUS.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #806?
Drumroll, please...
- CLEMENTINE
- LIME
- KUMQUAT
- ORANGE
- POMELO
- TANGERINE
…and the spangram was CITRUS.
Strands #806
“The daily rind”
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Hi Strands fans. At first I thought today’s theme (“The daily rind”) referred to cheeses. Fortunately, this misconception was quickly fixed when I saw CLEMENTINE in the top-left corner, and I realized this was actually about the rinds of citrus fruits.
With that in mind, I found LIME spelt downwards from the top-right corner, and KUMQUAT to its left. I then found ORANGE on the left-hand side, which cleared the path for the spangram of CITRUS spelt in a diagonal line from left to right.
Two words were left to find. I must confess, I’m not familiar with the POMELO, but it was fortunately the only option in the gap on the right-hand side. That just left TANGERINE at the bottom of the grid to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #805.
- SCOREBOARD
- PINS
- LANES
- BALLS
- LOUNGE
- ARCADE
...and the spangram was BOWLINGALLEY.
Strands #805
“Strike one!”
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Hi Strands fans. A pretty easy one today, as long as you don’t automatically read the theme of “Strike one!” as being related to baseball.
As I’m from England, that was never a risk for me, and I immediately thought of bowling. Sure enough, I saw the spangram of BOWLINGALLEY written down the middle of the grid right away to set me up with the perfect start.
There were six answers to find, evenly spread between the left and right-hand sides. Starting with the former, I found SCOREBOARD in the top-left corner, with PINS below it. LANES was in the bottom-left corner to complete the half.
The right-hand side was a little trickier, and I had to start in the middle with BALLS. That left me with two anagrams to solve above and below. The latter — EGNULO — was LOUNGE, which just left ARACDE in the top-right corner to finish the puzzle. It was, of course, ARCADE.
