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 #619, as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #619.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #619 is... "How puzzling".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Quick or cryptic?"
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- GRINDS
- WISER
- SLUR
- DROSS
- RULER
- BRUISES
- DOES
- RUNS
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 'C' and ends with 'D'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's CROSSWORD.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #619?
Drumroll, please...
- ACROSS
- DOWN
- CLUES
- BYLINE
- ANSWERS
- GRID
- NUMBERS
...and the spangram was CROSSWORD.
Strands #619
“How puzzling”
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Hi Strands fans. A nice and easy one today: the theme of "How puzzling" was always going to be about puzzles, after all.
And I established it was specifically about crosswords when I found the word ACROSS written along the bottom of the grid. I then connected the spangram of CROSSWORD, and the words DOWN, CLUES and BYLINE below it to complete the half.
The top half was a little trickier, but as soon as I found ANSWERS in the top-right corner, things got easier. I just needed to grab NUMBERS on the left-hand side and GRID to its right to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #618.
- HARE
- TORTOISE
- WOLF
- MOUSE
- LION
- BULL
- CRANE
- GNAT
...and the spangram was FABLEDPAIR.
Strands #618
“Aesop's animals”
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Hi Strands fans. It was instantly obvious that today's puzzle was about Aesop's Fables, so I immediately began to look for the various beasts that star in them.
I found HARE in the top-right corner, and TORTOISE on the opposite side. I could see the word "fable" between them, but couldn't yet figure out how to land it as the spangram, so kept digging for other answers to carve the path downwards.
That search led me to WOLF at the bottom of the board, MOUSE below HARE in the top-right corner and LION on the left-hand side.
But after this I was stuck, and used a clue. It revealed BULL, which helped me get CRANE to its right.
Now enough of the board was clear to complete the spangram of FABLEDPAIRS. That left just four letters in a straight line to link, and I connected them as GNAT to complete the puzzle.
