Arrr! Gather round ye scallywags, for the NYT be providin' clues and answers fer a brainteaser on May 11!
2024-05-10
Avast ye mateys! Seekin' guidance for yer NYT Strands puzzle? Look no further! This here guide be full o' clues and tips to help ye conquer today's challenge, complete with the elusive spangram. Fair winds and steady hands to ye! Aye, puzzle on!
The weekend starts with a standard Strands puzzle – by which I mean that it's pretty tricky. That's the default for this game, which puts the old gray matter to the test every single day. If you need a little help, you'll find it below in the form of some hints, and I've also got the Strands answers and my commentary on the game if you just want to see them.SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
The answers to today's Strands, game #69, are…
TUXEDOCORSAGEDANCEDRESSCOURTBOUTONNIERESPANGRAM: PROMNIGHT
I'm only marking this one as moderate because here in the UK, prom night is not really a thing, or at least it wasn't when I was growing up. My experience of it is therefore almost entirely from watching US TV and movies, and sadly 'bucket of pigs blood falling over the prom queen' was not on the list.Fortunately, PROMNIGHT itself, the spangram, was easy enough to find, and most of the others were relatively straightforward. That said, if it hadn't been for the fact that BOUTONNIERE was on its own at the bottom of the board below PROMNIGHT, I'd have had no chance of finding it; I've literally never heard that word before.How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.