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 #933 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 #933, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #933.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #933 is... "Day and night shift".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "End of summer."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- TIGERS
- NOISE
- HARES
- TORN
- CRESS
- SIGN
- QUIT
- LION
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 'F' and ends with 'X'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's FALLEQUINOX.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #933?
Drumroll, please...
- SWITCH
- CHANGEOVER
- PROGRESSION
- TRANSITION
Strands #933
“Day and night shift”
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Hi Strands fans. I struggled a bit today, initially thinking that the theme of "Day and night shift" referred to nocturnal and diurnal animals, as I could see the words "tiger", "lion" and "hare" on the grid.
This wasn't the case, but all of these wrong answers helped me unlock a clue. It revealed SWITCH in the bottom-left corner, which gave me the basic shape of the spangram. It was FALLEQUINOX written down the left-hand side.
I then saw the word "change" in the middle of the board. When that failed, I extended it to spell CHANGEOVER.
Only two words were left to find, and that made both of them long. PROGRESSION was written backwards up the right-hand side, and that just left TRANSITION to its left to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #932.
- NEON
- LYCRA
- TRACKSUITS
- GRUNGE
- SCRUNCHIES
...and the spangram was NINETIESTREND.
Strands #932
“It's back!”
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Hi Strands fans. Despite being a teenager in the 1990s, I couldn't get my head around today's puzzle without the help of a couple of clues.
That's chiefly because the theme of "It's back!" sent me along the wrong lines, because I could see the word "returns" via two different routes. I wasted a lot of time trying to connect a spangram that simply wasn't there.
When I finally accepted defeat, I had to use two clues. The first revealed NEON in the bottom-right corner, which left me none the wiser. The second gave me LYCRA, and I finally realized this was about fashion revivals rather than a literal return.
Despite the fact that I associate both LYCRA and NEON more with the 80s than the 90s, I found the spangram of NINETIESTRENDS written down the left-hand side, and I began racking my brain for other possibilities.
TRACKSUITS covered a good portion of the bottom half of the board, and it neatly cordoned off GRUNGE near the corner. That just left SCRUNCHIES in the top right to complete the puzzle.
