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 #613, as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #613.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #613 is... "___ City".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Also known as".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- SKINT
- MEAL
- MIND
- COMA
- LATER
- RAINY
- COILS
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 'N' and ends with 'E'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's NICKNAME.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #613?
Drumroll, please...
- MAGIC
- ETERNAL
- WINDY
- MOTOR
- MUSIC
- GOLDEN
- EMERALD
...and the spangram was NICKNAME.
Strands #613
“___ City”
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Hi Strands fans. I found today's puzzle really tricky. As a Brit, I just wasn't familiar with a lot of the nicknames for the American cities, and it cost me today.
I used a clue to get started, which revealed MAGIC (Miami?). While I didn't get the reference, I now knew that this was nicknames rather than actual points on a map, so was able to get ETERNAL in the top-right corner (Rome), followed by WINDY diagonally opposite (Chicago).
After this, I was stumped again, so had to use two clues. The first revealed MOTOR (Detroit?) and the second MUSIC (Nashville?).
These cleared a path for the spangram that I should have figured out on my own: NICKNAME.
The last two words were isolated within their own sections which meant I just had to decode a pair of anagrams. I found GOLDEN (San Francisco?) on the right-hand side, with EMERALD (Seattle?) in the top-left corner to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #612.
- CHRYSALIS
- CATERPILLAR
- HATCH
- MIGRATE
- MILKWEED
...and the spangram was MONARCHS.
Strands #612
“The butterfly effect”
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Hi Strands fans. Turns out I don't know as much about butterflies as I thought.
I started out well with today's puzzle, spotting CHRYSALIS in the top-left corner and CATERPILLAR to its right, but then I drew a blank and had to use two clues to complete the puzzle.
The first, admittedly, I should have got: HATCH, in the bottom-left corner. The second, MIGRATE to its right, was a little more out of my comfort zone.
Both gave me the basic shape to complete the puzzle. I connected the spangram of MONARCH above these two words, which just left me to unpick MILKWEED from the remaining letters (not a word I knew, but thankfully there was no alternative). Hopefully I'll be back on form with tomorrow's puzzle.
