NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For Monday, July 29th

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ForbesNYT “Strands” Clues, Spangrams, and Answers for Sunday, July 28By Erik Cain

Monday is here again and a new week – and a new month – is upon us. It’s the final stretch to July 2024. There will never be another July 2024 in our lifetimes. I doubt any of us will be here for another month. time No new calendars, no new ways of organizing your time. We are dated like that. That’s life.

For now, we’ll have to settle for the tried and true, and today’s Strands puzzle, courtesy of the New York Times games section.

Strands is the newest puzzle game from The New York Times. It’s a fun twist on classic word search games. Each day, we’re given a new theme and asked to find all the words on the grid that fit that theme, including a spangram that spans two sides of the board. Let’s solve today’s problem, shall we?

What is today’s Strands Index?

Scroll slowly! Just after today’s index Strands puzzle, I will reveal what the answer words are.

The official theme index for today Strand The puzzle is: To book!

Here is an additional thematic clue to help you find the solution: Not a private book lender.

What are today’s Strands responses?

Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll further until you’re ready to discover the Strands answers.

Here are the first two letters of each word, including the spangram, in today’s puzzle:

Today’s spangram

Before I list all the words, I’ll tell you today’s Spangram and show you where it is on the grid.

This is your final spoiler warning!

Today Strands spangram is . . .

PUBLIC LIBRARY

Here’s where the Spangram is located on the grid:

All of today’s Strands answers

If you need more help getting the rest of the words… spoilers below!

Here is the complete list of words:

• RENEW
• MEET
• READ
• STUDY
• BROWSE
• BORROW
• LEARN

Today’s Strand Breakdown

Despite having worked in not one but two libraries (one public, one academic) and despite being a writer, an English major, etc. etc. etc., I was still totally baffled by today’s Strands. I just couldn’t “figure out” the words. Even after finding some of the easier words like READ and MEET, I still didn’t know what was coming next. I found LIBRARY but it wasn’t a word, and it wasn’t until much later that I found PUBLICLIBRARY, today’s Spangram. I think I must have misspelled BROWSE because the first time I entered that word it wasn’t right. I found other words that didn’t fit the puzzle. And frankly, I’m not sure this puzzle is entirely right. MEETING is not a common function of libraries, at least compared to RENEWING books or BORROWING them to take home. This was a tough puzzle and I hope we have more Strands like this!

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