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 #955 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 #955, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #955.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #955 is... "Folk & fairy tale twosomes."
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Storybook pairings."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- FASTER
- EARN
- POTTER
- SEAT
- TOES
- CANES
- TROT
- TIMES
- TERSE
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 'O' and ends with 'E'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's ONCEUPONATIME.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #955?
Drumroll, please...
- BEAUTY
- BEAST
- TORTOISE
- HARE
- FROG
- PRINCESS
...and the spangram was ONCEUPONATIME.
Strands #955
“Folk & fairy tale twosomes”
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Hi Strands fans. Not so much a cryptic theme as the full answer today. In fact, "Folk & fairy tale twosomes" is so blatant that I struggled to come up with my own alternative above.
In any case, it was easy to make light work of the puzzle. I found BEAUTY in the top-left corner, leading me to BEAST spelt backwards from the left-hand side to the bottom of the grid.
I thought I'd find a word isolated in the bottom-right corner, but it turned out to be two four-letter answers, so instead I found TORTOISE in the top-right corner.
That revealed one of the two in the bottom-right: HARE. I could then connect FROG above it, leading me to PRINCESS on the left-hand side.
All that was left was to connect the spangram of ONCEUPONATIME to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #954.
- EMBARRASS
- MORTIFY
- APPALL
- CHAGRIN
- NONPLUS
...and the spangram was CRINGEWORTHY.
Strands #954
“Well, this is awkward”
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Hi Strands fans. A slightly tricky one today, as I'm not convinced everyone of these answers is CRINGEWORTHY, as such.
That capitalized word is the spangram, of course, and I found it right away, handily splitting the board in two. This isolated my second answer, EMBARRASS, in the top-right corner.
Moving onto the bottom half, I spotted MORTIFY at the top, but was then stumped so used a clue. It revealed APPALL in the bottom-right corner.
Two answers were left to find. CHAGRIN was in an inverted 'L' shape on the left-hand side, which meant I just had to connect NONPLUS to its right to complete the puzzle.
