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Need help with Strands #727? 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 #727 as well as the answers, should it come to that.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #727.

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

The official theme for NYT Strands #727 is... "Dressing up".

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Old-school style".

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

  • MAID
  • EXAMS
  • DEALS
  • SLAM
  • SLEET
  • ELECT
  • LEANS

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 'G' and ends with 'S'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's GLAMOROUS.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #727?

Drumroll, please...

  • CUFFLINKS
  • TUXEDO
  • DIAMONDS
  • GOWN
  • HEELS
  • NECKTIE

Strands #727

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...and the spangram was GLAMOROUS.

Strands #727

“Dressing up”

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Hi Strands fans. Today's theme isn't so much a subtle hint about the answer as telling you exactly what it is. "Dressing up" has to be about fancy clothes, right?

That was proven very quickly, when I saw CUFFLINKS in the top-right corner. My eye was then drawn to the mysterious 'X' in the middle of the board, which I followed backwards to spell TUXEDO.

These two answers left a nice path for the spangram between them, and I duly connected GLAMOROUS down the middle. One word was left on the section this created on the right: DIAMONDS.

Three answers were left to find in the remaining segment. I located GOWN at the bottom of the board, with HEELS at the top. That just left NECKTIE between the two to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #726.

Strands #726

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  • EXCESS
  • OVERKILL
  • REDUNDANCY
  • SURPLUS
  • GLUT

...and the spangram was ENOUGHALREADY.

Strands #726

“It's a little much”

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Hi Strands fans. Today's might have been a tough puzzle, if it weren't for that telltale 'X' in the top-left corner. I connected that as part of EXCESS and was immediately away with words that are, as the theme suggests, "a little much".

I then found OVERKILL starting from the bottom-left corner and moving to the middle of the board in an inverted 'L' shape. That helped me find REDUNDANCY immediately below it.

I spotted SURPLUS in the top-right corner, which made me realize that the "already" I had already added to my list of clue words was part of the spangram: ENOUGHALREADY.

That just left GLUT spelt backwards from the bottom right-hand corner to complete the puzzle.

Alan Martin
Alan Martin

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