NYT Strands hints today: #958, Saturday, October 17
Today’s theme clue is “Quite the crush”. Hints for the theme and the spangram, one step at a time.
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0 of 7 theme words foundEvery 3 non-theme words you find earn a hint.
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The body snitches whenever a certain person walks in
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Six verbs for flustered behavior: skin, voice, hands, feet, laughter and temperature all misbehaving at once.
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One theme word: BLUSH
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Theme words: BABBLE, BLUSH, FIDGET, GIGGLE, PERSPIRE, STUMBLE
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Cupid's physics: downward motion, yet nobody gets hurt
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An everyday phrase of three short words jammed together; what all those nervous symptoms add up to romantically.
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F _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E (10 letters)
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FALLINLOVE
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How to play Strands
Find the theme words hidden in a grid of letters by connecting adjacent letters in any direction. Every letter is used exactly once.
One special word, the spangram, describes the theme and touches two opposite sides of the grid. Non-theme words of four or more letters earn hints.
Tips to solve Strands faster
- Read the clue for wordplay as well as meaning; it is often a pun on the theme.
- Find the spangram early: it runs edge to edge and splits the board into smaller, easier regions.
- Letters in corners and along edges have few neighbors, so they narrow down where words can run.