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Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today’s theme — “Half-and-half” — is difficult, even when you have a couple of answers in place.
Below, we’ve compiled some useful hints for Strands #400, 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 #400, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #400.
Today’s NYT Strands answer — Today’s theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #400 is… “Half-and-half”.
And here’s an unofficial hint from me: “Combined critters”.
If you’re still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- LOCK
- AFFAIR
- MICE
- CARE
- STAY
- RICE
- BRIDE
- FIGURE
Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with H and ends with E.
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Scroll down to find out what it is…
It’s HYBRIDCREATURE.
Today’s Strands answers
So, what are today’s Strands answers for game #400?
Drumroll, please…
- SATYR
- MERMAN
- JACKALOPE
- CENTAUR
- GRIFFIN
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…and the spangram was HYBRIDCREATURE.
Strands #400
“Half-and-half”
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Hi Strands fans. Four hundred puzzles! Well done if you’ve been playing since day one (I haven’t, having joined in after 40 or so in.)
Despite all that practice, today’s was a reminder that you can still struggle. In fact, I had to use two clues to get started.
That was because I’d not heard of a SATYR, but MERMAN left no room for ambiguity. Today’s puzzle was, it turns out, all about HYBRIDCREATUREs, and dividing the board in half with that spangram made things a lot easier.
JACKALOPE was isolated in the bottom-left corner to complete that side of the grid, and that just left two two unravel on the right-hand side. CENTAUR was the top answer, while GRIFFIN was below it to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday’s Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday’s Strands answers for game #399 right here.
