This is a pleasant, simple Strands puzzle to spherical off the week. I say it is easy – you may disagree after all. There are hints under should you want them.
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NYT Strands at this time (sport #145) – trace #1 – at this time’s theme
What’s the theme of at this time’s NYT Strands?
• At the moment’s NYT Strands theme is… Go for the gold
NYT Strands at this time (sport #145) – trace #2 – clue phrases
Play any of those phrases to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SWAG
- SWAM
- QUEST
- SQUARE
- STARE
- SCARE
NYT Strands at this time (sport #145) – trace #3 – spangram
What’s a touch for at this time’s spangram?
• The video games
NYT Strands at this time (sport #145) – trace #4 – spangram place
What are two sides of the board that at this time’s spangram touches?
• First: left, sixth row
• Final: proper, 2nd row
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NYT Strands at this time (sport #145) – the solutions
The solutions to at this time’s Strands, sport #145, are…
- TRACK
- SWIMMING
- KARATE
- GOLF
- EQUESTRIAN
- ARCHERY
- SPANGRAM: OLYMPICS
- My ranking: Straightforward
- My rating: Good
This is a pleasant well timed Strands puzzle, given the Paris 2024 Olympics formally begins at this time. It is a simple one, too, with the theme clue of ‘Go for the gold’ pointing relatively clearly in direction of OLYMPICS because the spangram and the likes of ARCHERY and SWIMMING as solutions. And sure, GOLF is in there too; that is an Olympic sport this yr.
Apparently, TRACK technically should not be included, as a result of it is known as ‘athletics’ elsewhere on this planet, together with within the official Olympics listings, however we’ll let this one slide…
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Yesterday’s NYT Strands solutions (Thursday 25 July, sport #144)
- SWING
- FUNK
- FUSION
- ACID
- COOL
- BEBOP
- MODAL
- RAGTIME
- SPANGRAM: SUBGENRE
What’s NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s new phrase sport, following Wordle and Connections. It is now out of beta so is a completely fledged member of the NYT’s video games steady and may be performed on the NYT Video games web site on desktop or cellular.
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