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Need help with Strands #748? Here are some hints and the answers

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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 #748 as well as the answers, should it come to that.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #748.

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

The official theme for NYT Strands #748 is... "Sniff sniff".

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "How does he smell?"

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

  • POST
  • MULE
  • ROBES
  • RUSE
  • CONES
  • SCONE
  • MATES
  • SPOKEN
  • SPOTS

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 'O' and ends with 'E'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's ONTHENOSE.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #748?

Drumroll, please...

  • MUZZLE
  • SNOUT
  • SCHNOZZLE
  • PROBOSCIS
  • BEAK
  • HONKER

Strands #748

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...and the spangram was ONTHENOSE.

Strands #748

“Sniff sniff”

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Hi Strands fans. After a slow start, I was able to complete today's puzzle without using any clues.

Originally I thought "Sniff sniff" might refer to the oncoming hayfever that many of us are going to fall victim to. But the two double 'Z's on the left-hand side had my full attention.

I connected MUZZLE which wasn't part of the plan, but it helped me find SNOUT directly below it, which in turn revealed this was all about noses. Sure enough, I saw the word "nose" to its right, and was able to follow it backwards to spell out the spangram of ONTHENOSE.

Now it was just a case of finding nasal synonyms. SCHNOZZLE was in the top-left corner to make use of the second double 'Z', and I then saw PROBOSCIS in the bottom-right corner.

BEAK was above it, and that just left HONKER in the top-right corner to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #747.

Strands #747

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  • COIL
  • GYRE
  • HELIX
  • SPIRAL
  • CORKSCREW
  • CURLICUE

...and the spangram was TWISTANDTURN.

Strands #747

“Spring fever”

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Hi Strands fans. A deceptive theme today, with "Spring fever" implying a connection to the changing season. In fact, it's all about spring-like shapes.

It took me two clues to figure that out. The first revealed COIL in the top-left corner, with the second showing GYRE near the bottom (a word I wasn't at all familiar with at first).

Still, I was able to muddle through, connecting HELIX on the right-hand side and then SPIRAL above it. This guided me into completing the spangram of TWISTANDTURN, which ran to the left of these.

Two words were left to find. CORKSCREW ran alongside the spangram, which just left CURLICUE along the left-hand side to complete the puzzle.

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