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The reported answers for NYT Strands #379, dated Monday, March 17, 2025, are BEDDING, BLUSHING, CHIPS, CROW, STRICKEN, and WELLS. The theme clue was “Sound switching,” and the spangram was SPOONERISMS.
NYT Strands answers for March 17, 2025
The answer list below is reported by WordHint’s page for the March 17 puzzle. Parade’s same-date coverage also confirms the theme and spangram.
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- BEDDING
- BLUSHING
- CHIPS
- CROW
- STRICKEN
- WELLS
- Spangram: SPOONERISMS
What “Sound switching” means
The theme clue points to spoonerisms: playful verbal slips in which initial sounds are exchanged, creating amusingly altered phrases. SPOONERISMS is the puzzle’s spangram. In Strands, a spangram describes the theme and stretches across two opposite edges of the grid, according to the game’s general explainer.
Which March 17 puzzle is this?
The date alone can be ambiguous without a year. These answers match puzzle #379, dated Monday, March 17, 2025. The historical board’s answer list is reported by the cited puzzle-answer page; an independently checked New York Times archive entry for this exact board was not available to confirm it.
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