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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 #835 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 #835, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #835.

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

The official theme for NYT Strands #835 is... "For here or to go?"

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Feeling hungry?"

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

  • PASTA
  • WIND
  • SOUR
  • SOUL
  • WAND
  • LARD
  • ROWS
  • WASP
  • SPAT

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 'W' and ends with 'H'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's WHATSFORLUNCH.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #835?

Drumroll, please...

  • SALAD
  • SANDWICH
  • WRAP
  • SOUP
  • TACOS
  • RAMEN
  • GYRO

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...and the spangram was WHATSFORLUNCH.

Strands #835

“For here or to go?”

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Hi Strands fans. Not a puzzle to do when feeling hungry, today. "For here or to go?" is all about food, though curiously "pasta" isn't an answer, despite it being connectable.

Anyway, I got what it was about right away, when I saw the word "whats" at the top of the grid. I followed that down to spell WHATSFORLUNCH in the shape of a question mark.

Spangram out the way, I began to connect obvious lunch foods. SALAD was just below the spangram on the right, with SANDWICH across from it.

WRAP was below SALAD, with SOUP and TACOS further underneath.

Two answers were left to find on the other side. RAMEN was in the middle, with GYRO underneath to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #834.

Strands #834

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  • QUASH
  • CONQUER
  • OVERCOME
  • VANQUISH
  • SURMOUNT

...and the spangram was YOUVEGOTTHIS.

Strands #834

“Moving mountains”

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Hi Strands fans. A tricky one today, as the theme of "Moving mountains" is only tenuously related to the five other answers.

I was lucky in that I found QUASH in the bottom-left corner while idly connecting possible clue words.

I then saw the word "you've" down the left hand side, with "got" to its right. I followed these words along, and realized they were part of the spangram: YOUVEGOTTHIS.

So from then on, I was looking for words about overachieving. I found CONQUER isolated next to my first answer in the bottom-left segment, then found OVERCOME spelt backwards up the right-hand side.

I saw another 'QU' combo amongst the remaining letters to connect VANQUISH. That just left SURMOUNT in the top-right corner to complete the puzzle.

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