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 #929 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 #929, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #929.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #929 is... "Shake on it".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "So it's agreed."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- CARTON
- LEAK
- STEAM
- CANED
- CANDY
- MEAT
- STEAK
- TONAL
- MATTERS
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 and ends with 'L'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's LETSMAKEADEAL.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #929?
Drumroll, please...
- AGREEMENT
- TREATY
- PACT
- COVENANT
- CONTRACT
...and the spangram was LETSMAKEADEAL.
Strands #929
“Shake on it”
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Hi Strands fans. A simple one today. "Shake on it" is the universally understood term for reaching an agreement, so I couldn't think of anything else it could be.
Sure enough, I found AGREEMENT in the bottom-right corner, and could see the word "deal" next to it. I followed it backwards to complete the spangram of LETSMAKEADEAL and split the board in two.
I wanted to finish the right-hand side first, and duly found TREATY in the top-right corner.
Moving onto the left-hand side, I found PACT in the top-left corner, with COVENANT below it. That just left CONTRACT at the very bottom to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #928.
- ZIPPY
- MUTTS
- ZITS
- PEANUTS
- BLONDIE
- PICKLES
...and the spangram was THEFUNNYPAGES.
Strands #928
“A little comic relief”
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Hi Strands fans. While this puzzle was squarely aimed at American audiences, I was able to get through without clues with a little trial and error.
I was fortunate in that I saw the spangram first of all. I spotted the word "the" in the top-left corner, and followed it right with "funny". From there, it was simple to figure out that it had to be THEFUNNYPAGES.
Great. As a Brit, I don't know many American cartoon strips, aside from the world famous ones.
Fortunately, the two 'Z's on the board gave me a springboard, with the first being ZIPPY which sounded plausible enough. I took a quick break to guess MUTTS in the space to its right, before hazarding that the other 'Z' was part of ZITS.
I then connected the one I did know: PEANUTS. Given I recently visited the Snoopy museum in Tokyo, it would be pretty bad if I didn't get that one right.
I was extremely close to using a clue after that, but stopped when one of the clue words I chose was "bloke". I saw I could also spell "blonde" in the space and then realized the answer was likely BLONDIE.
That just left PICKLES above it to complete the puzzle.
