NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #295 (Monday, December 23 2024)
Need help with Strands #295? Here are some hints and the answers
Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Pass the eggnog" — is pretty clearly Christmas themed, but how?
Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #295, 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 #295, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #295.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #295 is... "Pass the eggnog".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Taste and scents of the season."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- CRANE
- MINER
- BARD
- COMA
- MOOT
- NINE
- BEARD
Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with H and ends with R.
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Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's HOLIDAYFLAVOR.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #295?
Drumroll, please...
- GINGERBREAD
- PEPPERMINT
- COCOA
- CRANBERRY
...and the spangram was HOLIDAYFLAVOR.
Strands #295
“Pass the eggnog”
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Hi Strands fans. With a theme like "Pass the eggnog", for the second day in a row, this was clearly going to be a seasonal puzzle.
At first, I thought I might have to list the ingredients of said festive drink, but when I found GINGERBREAD curled around the middle of the board, I realized this was about Christmas scents and tastes more generally.
I found PEPPERMINT next, and with 21 out of 48 letters already claimed, I cottoned on to the fact that this was set to be the smallest Strands puzzle yet, with only five answers including the spangram. Said spangram was another long one - HOLIDAYFLAVOR coiled around itself at the very top of the grid, leaving just 14 letters unclaimed
The last two answers were a bit smaller, therefore. COCOA was tucked in between my existing answers, and that just left CRANBERRY to connect in the bottom-right corner to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #294 right here.
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