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Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today’s theme — “Shine on” — is a little cryptic, but simple enough when you get an answer or two in place.
Below, we’ve compiled some useful hints for Strands #395, as well as the answers, should it come to that. We’ll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #395, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #395.
Today’s NYT Strands answer — Today’s theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #395 is… “Shine on”.
And here’s an unofficial hint from me: “A fixture of the night sky”.
If you’re still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- DAZE
- RATES
- MINES
- KITES
- WINK
- EELS
- SHOPS
Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with S and ends with R.
Scroll down to find out what it is…
It’s STARPOWER.
Today’s Strands answers
So, what are today’s Strands answers for game #395?
Drumroll, please…
- DAZZLE
- SPARKLE
- RADIATE
- TWINKLE
- GLEAM
- SHIMMER
…and the spangram was STARPOWER.
Strands #395
“Shine on”
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Hi Strands fans. A nice and easy one for you today. Although the theme of “Shine on” isn’t obvious on its own, the double ‘Z’ on the right-hand side led me straight to DAZZLE, which set me on the right path.
I found SPARKLE immediately below it, and when I saw the word “power” in the bottom half, I correctly intuited that it was part of the spangram. I followed it backwards to spell STARPOWER and split the grid in two.
Now I knew this was describing things that stars do, it was all pretty simple. I got RADIATE in the top-right corner, followed by TWINKLE on the opposite side. I then got GLEAM in the bottom-left corner, which just left SHIMMER above it to complete the puzzle rather quickly.
Yesterday’s Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday’s Strands answers for game #394 right here.
