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 #942 as well as the answers, should it come to that.
We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #942, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #942.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #942 is... "Things fall apart".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "You might need a new one."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- CRUEL
- COLA
- SALE
- LAIR
- DROLE
- ODOR
- PALER
- NOUSE
- MESS
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 'B' and ends with 'R'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's BEYONDREPAIR.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #942?
Drumroll, please...
- BREAK
- DISSOLVE
- FRAGMENT
- COLLAPSE
- CRUMBLE
...and the spangram was BEYONDREPAIR.
Strands #942
“Things fall apart”
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Hi Strands fans. A nice easy one today, especially if you spot BREAK in the top-right corner as soon as you start. That, combined with the theme of "Things fall apart" told me everything I needed to know.
I spotted DISSOLVE at the bottom of the board, and the unusual shape told me the spangram would either start or end to its right. Sure enough, after following the isolated letters backwards, I connected BEYONDREPAIR to split the board in two, with FRAGMENT in the space left over in the bottom section.
Two words were left to find at the top. COLLAPSE was in the middle, leaving me with CRUMBLE 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 #941.
- GUITAR
- PIANO
- DRUMS
- CAPO
- PICK
- SYNTH
- AMPLIFIER
...and the spangram was MUSICSTORE
Strands #941
“An instrumental destination”
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Hi Strands fans. An infuriating puzzle today, given the ease with which I found the first three answers, and a spangram that was staring me in the face the whole time.
I correctly intuited that "instrumental" was the key word in the theme, and quickly nabbed PIANO, GUITAR and DRUMS in the top half of the board.
After this, I was stumped, however, unable to see any other instruments on the board, so used a clue which revealed CAPO near the three answers I already had.
I still couldn't see anything, so used another that revealed PICK in the bottom-right corner. Right, so not just instruments, then.
I found SYNTH to its left, and then realized that the spangram had been staring me in the face the whole time. I'd already connected both "music" and "store", and initially had the latter in my clue list above. When I connected them to spell MUSICSTORE, it turned yellow, leaving me kicking myself.
All that was left to do was to connect AMPLIFIER in the bottom-left corner to complete a very frustrating puzzle. Oh well: tomorrow is another Strands day.
