Hints, Spangram And Answers For Wednesday, August 13th

Today’s NYT Strands hints and answers

Credit: New York Times

Well, we’re smack dab in the middle of the week again. Wednesday — Odin’s Day — the halfway point of our work week, splitting it in twain. It’s just a short sprint to Friday now. Of course, come rain or shine, work or weekend, we have our puzzles to solve. Let’s take a crack at today’s Strands!

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Strands is the newest game in the New York Times’ stable of puzzle games. It’s a fun twist on classic word search games. Every day we’re given a new theme and then tasked with uncovering all the words on the grid that fit that theme, including a spangram that spans two sides of the board. One of these words is the spangram which crosses from one side of the grid to another and reveals even more about the day’s theme.

Spoilers ahead.

Today’s Strands Hints

Read on for today’s theme and some hints to help you uncover today’s words.

Today’s Theme: Hitchcock festival

Hint: As in Alfred Hitchcock

Clue: North By Northwest, Rear Window etc. but only one word each

Here are the first two letters of each word:

Remember, spoilers ahead!

What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

Today’s spangram is: FILMTITLE

Here’s the full list of words:

• VERTIGO
• TOPAZ
• NOTORIOUS
• LIFEBOAT
• ROPE
• PSYCHO

Here’s the completed Strands grid:

Today’s Strands Breakdown

I found PSYCHO first, because it’s one of Alfred Hitchcock’s films I’m more familiar with and so searched for a P and then followed it to the S and Y and so forth. ROPE was right next to it, and then to the other side, VERTIGO. All great films, though I still laugh at how cheesy the epilogue of PSYCHO is. I found FILMTITLE next, today’s oddly-positioned spangram. Then TOPAZ and LIFEBOAT at the top, though I don’t think I’ve seen either of those films. At last, NOTORIOUS, which I’ve seen but it’s been so long I couldn’t tell you the plot. Only that it stars Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. What’s your favorite Hitchcock movie? Mine is Rear Window.

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