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Need help with Strands #703? 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 #703 as well as the answers, should it come to that.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #703.

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

The official theme for NYT Strands #703 is... "For the enthusiast".

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Hands-on pastimes".

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

  • TEAM
  • MEZZE
  • PLUME
  • POLL
  • POLECAT
  • MASH
  • HURT
  • PLUMBER

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 'H' and ends with 'P'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's HOBBYSHOP.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #703?

Drumroll, please...

  • MODEL
  • GAME
  • COLLECTIBLE
  • DICE
  • PUZZLE
  • MINIATURE

Strands #703

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...and the spangram was HOBBYSHOP.

Strands #703

“For the enthusiast”

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Hi Strands fans. One of those rare puzzles where I needed a bit of help five turns in.

It started well enough, with me finding MODEL in the bottom-left corner. This combined with the theme for me to easily figure out the spangram of HOBBYSHOP written from top to bottom of the board.

That in turn helped be get the right-hand side very quickly, connecting GAME in the middle, COLLECTIBLE alongside it and DICE near the top.

Returning to the left-hand side left me puzzled by the double 'Z'... which is ironic given a clue revealed the answer to be PUZZLE.

After kicking myself for missing that, I connected the final word: MINIATURE in the top-left corner to complete the game.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #702.

Strands #702

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  • CARET
  • TILDE
  • BRACKET
  • HASHTAG
  • ASTERISK
  • UNDERSCORE

...and the spangram was SYMBOL.

Strands #702

“On key”

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Hi Strands fans. Oh boy. It sure took me a while to get my head around this, with the incredibly vague theme of "On key" not helping one bit.

I needed to use three clues before I figured out what was going on. The first revealed CARET, which made me think this was somehow about gold. The second showed TILDE which made things a bit clearer, but it didn't really click until the third revealed BRACKET.

It was only then that I realized this was about symbols on the keyboard (even though I had no idea that ^ was called "caret"!). I found HASHTAG in the top-right corner, followed by ASTERISK to its left.

I then got the spangram of SYMBOL, and that just left UNDERSCORE in the bottom-left corner to complete the puzzle.

Alan Martin
Alan Martin

Freelance contributor Alan has been writing about tech for over a decade, covering phones, drones and everything in between. Previously Deputy Editor of tech site Alphr, his words are found all over the web and in the occasional magazine too. When not weighing up the pros and cons of the latest smartwatch, you'll probably find him tackling his ever-growing games backlog. He also handles all the Wordle coverage on Tom's Guide and has been playing the addictive NYT game for the last several years in an effort to keep his streak forever intact.

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