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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for July 11 #495

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for July 11, No. 495.

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Today’s NYT Strands puzzle will require you to draw on your memories of literature terms. As an English major, I loved today’s topic. If you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: It could be verse.

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Rhyme time.

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

MOST, PILE, LOPE, MIST, LATE, NICK, KITS, NITS, TEAL, TALE, POET, BALD, BALL, PALL, BRAT, CHAD, LIME

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:

EPIC, ELEGY, HAIKU, BALLAD, SONNET, ACROSTIC, LIMERICK

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is POETRY. To find it, look for the P that’s five letters down in the far-left column and wind across.

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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 11, #291

Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for July 11, No. 291.

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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition has three visual clues. Some people love those, some people hate them. I thought these three were pretty well-known, so I wasn’t bothered. Read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online.

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Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Light the cauldron.

Green group hint: Hiss! Rawr!

Blue group hint: Baby-faced assassin.

Purple group hint: Fore!

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Olympic combat sports.

Green group: Wildcats.

Blue group: Associated with Steph Curry.

Purple group: Women’s golf major winners.

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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is Olympic combat sports. The four answers are boxing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is Wildcats. The four answers are Arizona, Kansas State, Northwestern and Villanova.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is associated with Steph Curry. The four answers are 3-pointers, 30, Davidson and Warriors.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is women’s golf major winners. The four answers are Ko, Korda, Lee and Stark.

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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, July 11

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for July 11.

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Today’s Mini Crossword three me off with 5-across, only because there are so many names for colors. I figured it out eventually. Need help with today’s Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

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Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.