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 #960 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 #960, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #960.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #960 is... "It's all Greek to me."
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Ancient legends."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- FAST
- HOLDS
- THEOLOGICAL
- MESSY
- THEORY
- TRIED
- STAMP
- THEIR
- GRID
- THEORY
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 'M' and ends with 'Y'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's MYTHOLOGY.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #960?
Drumroll, please...
- DEITY
- DRYAD
- FATES
- MUSES
- FURIES
- NYMPH
- SATYR
...and the spangram was MYTHOLOGY.
Strands #960
“It's all Greek to me”
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Hi Strands fans. A pretty grueling puzzle today, given most of the answers are somewhat archaic.
In fact, I had to use two clues to get started. Annoyingly, given the eventual spangram, one of the words I used to get it was "theological".
Anyway, these two clues revealed DEITY spelt backwards up the right-hand side and DRYAD in the top-left corner.
While I was completely unfamiliar with the second of these, it was still enough to get the actual spangram: MYTHOLOGICAL, spelt from the bottom-left corner to the middle of the right-hand side.
After that, it was a lot of trial and error. I found FATES in the bottom-right corner, with MUSES to its left. FURIES was above it to complete the half.
Two words were left to find in the top section. NYMPH was at the top, with SATYR below it to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #959.
- VEST
- SUNGLASSES
- HEADPHONES
- WATCH
- SNEAKERS
...and the spangram was RUNNINGGEAR.
Strands #959
“Fast fashion”
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Hi Strands fans. Maybe it's the fact that I'm writing this having just run a 5K, but the theme of "Fast fashion" inevitably seemed linked to running.
Sure enough, I found the spangram of RUNNINGGEAR spelt down the middle of the board and was on my way.
VEST was on the left-hand side near the top, with SUNGLASSES below it. The latter was not something I needed for running round a park in Birmingham in mid October, I can tell you.
Moving onto the right-hand side, I found HEADPHONES in the bottom-right corner, with WATCH above it. That just left SNEAKERS in the top-right corner to complete the puzzle.
