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    NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For Tuesday, September 16

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    By Paul Tassi,Senior Contributor

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    NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For Tuesday, September 16

    New York Times

    Looking for Monday’s Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:
    ForbesNYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For Monday, September 15By Paul Tassi

    Ready for one of the most hyper-specific Strands categories in some time? Well, this puzzle is for you.

    How To Play Strands

    The New York Times’ Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. It’s in beta for now, which means it’ll only stick around if enough people play it every day.

    There’s a new game of Strands to play every day. The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters. The aim is to find a group of words that have something in common, and you’ll get a clue as to what that theme is. When you find a theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.

    You’ll also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram links two opposite sides of the board. While the theme words will not be a proper name, the spangram can be a proper name. When you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.

    Be warned: You’ll need to be on your toes.

    “Some themes are fill-in-the-blank phrases. They may also be steps in a process, items that all belong to the same category, synonyms or homophones,” The New York Times notes. “Just as she varies the difficulty of Wordle puzzles within a week, [Wordle and Strands editor Tracy] Bennett plans to throw Strands solvers curveballs every once in a while.”

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    What Is Today’s Strands Hint?

    Time to do the NYT hint and then my own hint after that:

    Riding High

    And mine is:

    Vacation Activity

    What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

    Now we begin the answer portion of the program which is the spangram and the full list of the other answers, the spangram is:

    Here it is on the page, and read on:

    Here are the answers:

    Do the Strands puzzle makers just like throw darts at a board of a thousand words and just pick one it lands on? I’m not exactly sure how you come up with an entire puzzle solely based on ziplining, but here we are. I’ve gone quite a few times, but I imagine that even if you haven’t, you probably recognize all the equipment that will hopefully prevent you from plummeting to your death. And it’s kind of all of it? Well-fitting puzzle. Plus a zipper spangram shape. Elegant.

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