NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, August 2 (game #152)

Your final Strands puzzle of the week is a fairly straightforward one once you work out what the theme is… but that in itself is a challenge. There are hints below if you need them.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

NYT Strands today (game #152) – hint #1 – today’s theme

NYT Strands today (game #152) – hint #2 – clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

• TROUT
• MANE
• BEET
• BEND
• SIDE
• TOUGH

NYT Strands today (game #152) – hint #3 – spangram

NYT Strands today (game #152) – hint #4 – spangram position

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #152) – the answers

The answers to today’s Strands, game #152, are…

• ABOVE
• THROUGH
• BESIDE
• UNDERNEATH
• BETWEEN
• AMONG
• SPANGRAM: LOCATION

• My rating: Moderate
• My score: 1 hint

It took me ages to get started with today’s Strands, to the extent that I needed a hint to get going. The theme of ‘Here, there and everywhere’ suggested only ‘The Beatles’ to me, which was obviously wrong (though I did check), so it was only when the game gave me ABOVE that it became clear what I was looking for. After that it was easy: there are only so many LOCATION-based words, and I was able to find them all in a couple of minutes.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday 1 August, game #151)

• SALT
• MARACA
• RATTLE
• HAIRSPRAY
• MARTINI
• BOOTY
• HANDS
• SPANGRAM: SHAKEN

Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief, the latest in a long line of senior editorial roles he’s held in a career that started the week that Google launched (nice of them to mark the occasion). Prior to joining TR, he was UK Editor in Chief on Tom’s Guide, where he oversaw all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and cameras coverage. He’s also a former editor of the tech website Stuff and spent five years at the 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, games, TVs, cameras and pretty much every other type of gadget you can think of. An avid photographer, Marc likes nothing better than taking pictures of very small things (bugs, his daughters) or very big things (distant galaxies). He also enjoys live music, gaming, cycling, and beating Wordle (he authors the daily Wordle today page).