NYT Strands today – my advice and answers for March 15 (#742)

Home screen of NYT Strands on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

Want a different day?

A new NYT Strands puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Saturday, March 14 (Game #741).

Strands is the latest pun from The New York Times after Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult, though, so keep reading my Strands tips.

SPOILER WARNING: The information on today’s NYT Strands is below, so don’t continue reading if you don’t want to know the answers.

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NYT Strands today (game #742) – clue #1 – theme of the day

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Best of All

NYT Strands today (game #742) – clue #2 – clue words

Play one of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.

GEAR
SCENE
SNOW
HOOK
CAREGIVER
TURN

NYT Strands today (game #742) – clue #3 – spangram letters

How many letters are there in today’s spangram?

• Spangram has 12 letters

NYT Strands today (game #742) – clue #4 – spangram position

What are the two sides of the picture that today’s spangram touches?

First side: left, 5th row

Last side: right, 5th row

That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #742) – the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 742 on blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #742, are…

DIRECTOR
HER
ACTOR
ACTRESS
PICTURE
SONG
SPANGRAM: ACADEMIC PRIZE

My rating: Easy
My rating: Perfect

This Sunday, the world will tune in to the 98th ACADEMY AWARD ceremony in Los Angeles, where the 3,141st to 3,165th statuettes will be awarded to the “best of all”.

Despite the many things I don’t like (mainly the industry thank you list speeches), I still really enjoy watching the Oscars – even if in the UK it requires staying up until 3:30am – and this year I hope The secret agent gets some recognition.

I digress, with little mystery, this edition of Strands was pretty straightforward. My only mistake was adding an S to the end of the Spangram and having to reconnect everything after it didn’t turn yellow.

Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Saturday March 14, Match #741)

VENT
CRUST
FILLING
LATTICE
CHANDELIER
FRUIT
EDGES
SPANGRAM: HAPPY DAY

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the not-so-new pun from The New York Times, after Wordle and Connections. It’s now a full member of the year-old NYT games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, with tips for solving it, so check it out if you’re struggling to beat it every day.

Marc is TechRadar’s global editor-in-chief, the latest in a long line of senior editorial positions he’s held in a career that began the week Google launched (nice of them to mark the occasion). Prior to joining TR, he was UK editor of Tom’s Guide, where he oversaw all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and camera coverage. He is also a former editor of technology website Stuff and spent five years at music magazine NME, where his duties mainly involved spoiling other people’s fun. He’s based in London and has tested and written about phones, tablets, wearables, streaming boxes, smart home devices, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, gaming, TVs, cameras, and just about every other type of gadget you can think of. Passionate about photography, Marc likes nothing better than photographing very small things (insects, his daughters) or very large things (distant galaxies). He also enjoys live music, gaming, cycling and beating Wordle (he is the author of the daily Wordle Today page).

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