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NYT Strands puzzle #301, dated Sunday, December 29, 2024, has the theme “Festival of Lights delights.” Start with the hints below if you want to solve it yourself; the spangram and full answer list follow in clearly marked spoiler sections.
Hints for Strands #301
The theme points to foods associated with the Jewish Festival of Lights. TechRadar’s spangram clue is “Jewish feast.” For the spangram’s board path, its reported endpoints touch the left edge on row four and the bottom edge at column two.
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If you need an in-game hint, Try Hard Guides says three valid non-theme words of four or more letters will earn one. Its suggested words for this puzzle include STOKE, DIAL, BROKEN, SLAG, CALL, and LADS. In Strands, trace adjacent letters without reusing or crossing them; the spangram names the theme and reaches opposite sides of the board.
Spoiler: the spangram
The spangram is HANNUKAH FOODS (shown without a space on the board: HANNUKAHFOODS). This preserves the spelling reported for the puzzle; the holiday name is also commonly spelled “Hanukkah.”
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Spoiler: all theme answers
- KUGEL
- LATKES
- BRISKET
- CHALLAH
- APPLE SAUCE (also reported as APPLESAUCE)
How the answers are reported
TechRadar, in its December 29, 2024 guide, reports the theme, hints, spangram position, and answer list. Try Hard Guides independently identifies this as puzzle #301 and lists APPLESAUCE as one word and HANNUKAHFOODS as the spangram. These are secondary answer guides rather than a direct NYT archive record.
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