Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Back in style" — is rather tough, espeically if you're a bit younger.
Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #299, 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 #299, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #299.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #299 is... "Back in style".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "A distant decade."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- PAIRE
- SMUT
- TENSE
- RISES
- TIRES
- GRIPE
- NULL
- BRIE
Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with E and ends withS.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's EIGHTIES.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #299?
Drumroll, please...
- NEON
- JUMPSUIT
- SPANDEX
- MULLET
- PERM
- WINDBREAKER
...and the spangram was EIGHTIES.
Strands #299
“Back in style”
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Hi Strands fans. This one felt quite tricky for me. Even as a child of the 1980s, I can't say all of the styles and fashions immediately come to mind, so I can only imagine how anyone younger would have coped.
While I had an idea of what the theme - "Back in style" - might refer to, I hadn't honed in on the decade, and searches for "flares" and "miniskirt" came up empty so I used a clue.
It revealed NEON, which helped me focus. I immediately found JUMPSUIT on the right-hand side, and SPANDEX above it. I then saw MULLET in the bottom-left corner.
After this flurry of activity, I was struggling again, so used a second clue which revealed PERM in the bottom-right corner, giving me enough space to complete the spangram: EIGHTIES.
Only one answer was left to find in the top-left corner, but it was a long anagram: REKERADBNWI. Eventually I was able to successfully decode it: WINDBREAKER.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #298 right here.
