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

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #797.

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

The official theme for NYT Strands #797 is... "Garden varieties."

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Healthy eating".

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

  • DIGGER
  • SPREAD
  • CHIN
  • ROTTEN
  • ROTTED
  • TORN
  • GASP
  • RAGES

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 'S' and ends in 'E'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's SPRINGVEGGIE.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #797?

Drumroll, please...

  • ONION
  • LETTUCE
  • RADISH
  • ARTICHOKE
  • ASPARAGUS

Strands #797

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...and the spangram was SPRINGVEGGIE.

Strands #797

“Garden varieties”

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Hi Strands fans. A nice accompaniment to yesterday's puzzle of "Garden variety", "Garden varieties" adds in a couple more letters and changes the meaning completely.

At first, I thought this was going to be about types of garden space: herb gardens, allotments, ornamental and so on.

But after finding nothing, I used a clue that revealed ONION spelt backwards in the middle of the board, and realized this was in fact related to vegetable produce.

I immediately found LETTUCE underneath it and, spotting the pattern, then got RADISH buried beneath that. At the bottom of this vegetable bed-style pattern I found the spangram of SPRINGVEGGIE.

Two answers were left to find at the very top. I spotted ARTICHOKE in the top-right corner, which just left ASPARAGUS to its left to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #796.

Strands #796

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  • ORDINARY
  • BASIC
  • PEDESTRIAN
  • COMMON
  • PROSAIC

...and the spangram was RUNOFTHEMILL.

Strands #796

“Garden variety”

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Hi Strands fans. A nice easy one today. "Garden variety" is a way of saying something isn't unusual, and sure enough I found ORDINARY in the bottom-left corner right away.

I then spotted the spangram to make it even easier, with RUNOFTHEMILL neatly splitting the board in two.

Starting with the left-hand side, I found BASIC in the top corner, with PEDESTRIAN below it to finish the half.

Moving on to the right-hand side, I found COMMON at the bottom, with PROSAIC above it to complete the puzzle.

Alan Martin
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