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Hints for Strands #46
Try these optional clue words in order. As reported by TechRadar’s April 17, 2024 guide, finding them triggers the game’s hint system:
- MOTH
- MORE
- PATH
- CHEST
- TALES
- HALT
Spangram hint
The spangram clue is “Suits you.” The guide places its start on the right side of the grid, in the third row, and its end on the left side, in the fifth row. The same writer characterized the puzzle as easy and reported a perfect score; that is the writer’s account of their own solve.
Strands #46 answers
Spoiler alert: The complete solution is below.
Theme words
- THREAD
- NEEDLE
- STITCH
- THIMBLE
- SEAM
- CLOTH
- PATCH
Spangram
TAILORING
The theme clue and solution list are reported by two contemporaneous guides: TechRadar’s April 17, 2024 guide and Try Hard Guides’ April 17, 2024 guide. No NYT archive page was identified among the cited sources, so this answer is corroborated by those two secondary guides.
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